Chapter 12: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck A farmyard tale for Ralph and Betsy 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 someone 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…