Jemima Is Upset

Jemima Puddle-Duck was upset. “ I don't like the farmer's wife, ” she said. “ Why?” asked her sister, Rebecca.

“ She took my eggs! ” cried Jemima. “ She gave them to the hens to hatch! ”

This was true. The farmer's wife took all the ducks' eggs. But Rebecca didn't mind.

“ I'm glad she took my eggs, ” said Rebecca. “ I don't have time to sit on them. ”

Jemima was still upset. “ I want to hatch my own eggs, ” she said.

“ That's silly, ” said Rebecca. “ You would get bored. Then you'd forget about your eggs. ”