The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
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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!"…
Details
- AuthorBeatrix Potter
- SourceProject Gutenberg #14814
- Length1,259 words · 5 min of reading
- ChaptersNot detected
- DictionaryNot yet generated
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
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