

The farm collie, Kep, is able to see through the fox's plan and rescues Jemima.


He sends the naive Jemima out to collect traditional herbs for stuffing a duck, saying it is for an omelette. A charming gentleman fox talks her into nesting at his house on a mysteriously ample supply of feathers. Jemima Puddle-Duck is not allowed to keep the eggs she lays at the farm, so she seeks out a nesting place in the forest. In 1993, an animated film adaptation of the story was featured on the BBC television anthology series, The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends where it was shown along with The Tale of Tom Kitten. The protagonist Jemima Puddle-Duck first appeared in The Tale of Tom Kitten. The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck is a book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter and first published by Frederick Warne & Co. The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or, The Roly-Poly Pudding
