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The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

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The plot is set in motion when a farmer's wife refuses to allow any ducks on the farm to hatch their own eggs. All of the ducks' eggs are hatched by hens. Jemima Puddle-Duck is very upset by this. She decides to secretly lay some eggs far away from the farm. She finds a clearing in a wood where a "gentleman" has a small house and shed. The "gentleman" tells Jemima that she can lay her eggs in the shed. Jemima Puddle-Duck does not realize that the "gentleman' is a fox who plans to eat her. The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck has been adapted for radio, film and television.

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The Tale of Tom Kitten

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Beatrix Potter

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The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, or The Roly-Poly Pudding

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The plot is set in motion when a farmer's wife refuses to allow any ducks on the farm to hatch their own eggs. All of the ducks' eggs are hatched by hens. Jemima Puddle-Duck is very upset by this. She decides to secretly lay some eggs far away from the farm. She finds a clearing in a wood where a "gentleman" has a small house and shed. The "gentleman" tells Jemima that she can lay her eggs in the shed. Jemima Puddle-Duck does not realize that the "gentleman' is a fox who plans to eat her. Beatrix Potter began work on The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck shortly after having purchased Hill Top Farm in the village of Near Sawrey, Cumbria. The book is dedicated to Betsy and Ralph Cannon, the children of John Cannon who managed the farm on Potter's behalf. The Cannon children and their mother appear in the book's illustrations. Mrs. Cannon believed that ducks were not good at hatching their own eggs. She routinely took ducks' eggs and had hens sit on them instead. She found that one particular duck at Hill Top Farm often tried to hide its eggs from her and tried to hatch them itself without much success. The character Jemima Puddle-Duck is probably named after Jemima Blackburn (1823-1909), a Scottish painter and ornithologist whose best known work is the 1868 book Birds from Nature. Beatrix Potter writes in her journal about her delight at having received a copy of Birds from Nature as a present for her tenth birthday. The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck has been adapted for radio, film and television.