The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck is one of Beatrix Potter's most beloved and enduring stories. Jemima, a rather simple and naive farmyard duck, is determined to hatch her own eggs, but the farmer's wife keeps taking them away. She decides to run away to a quiet, secluded place to make her nest. She meets a charming, well-spoken gentleman—who is actually a "foxy-whiskered gentleman" (a fox) with obviously sinister intentions—who kindly offers her a beautiful, safe cottage to lay her eggs. Luckily, a wise collie dog named Kep and two farm workers intervene just in time to save Jemima from becoming the fox's dinner. Beautifully illustrated with Potter's iconic watercolors, it's a timeless cautionary tale about stranger danger, disguised in a gentle and engaging narrative.
