The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 14814-h.htm or 14814-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/8/1/14814/14814-h/14814-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/8/1/14814/14814-h.zip) What a funny sight it is to see a brood of ducklings with a hen! --Listen to the story of Jemima Puddle-duck, who was annoyed because the farmer's wife would not let her hatch her own eggs. Her sister-in-law, Mrs. Rebeccah Puddle-duck, was perfectly willing to leave the hatching to some one else--"I have not the patience to sit on a nest for twenty-eight days; and no more have you, Jemima. You would let them go cold; you know you would!"