the tale of mr jeremy fisher by beatrix potter

There was a bite almost directly the float gave a tremendous bobbit! JEREMY shoved the boat out again a little way, and dropped in the bait. Jeremy Fisher 'I think I had better get away from here.' ONCE or twice something moved about with a rustle and a splash amongst the rushes at the side of the pond. Jeremy crossed his legs up shorter, out of reach, and went on eating his sandwich. Jeremy Fisher.Ī GREAT big water-beetle came up underneath the lily leaf and tweaked the toe of one of his goloshes. 'I will eat a butterfly sandwich, and wait till the shower is over,' said Mr. HE punted back again amongst the water- plants, and took some lunch out of his basket. 'This is getting tiresome, I think I should like some lunch,' said Mr. THE rain trickled down his back, and for nearly an hour he stared at the float. His rod was a tough stalk of grass, his line was a fine long white horse-hair, and he tied a little wriggling worm at the end. Then he settled himself cross-legged and arranged his fishing tackle. JEREMY stuck his pole into the mud and fastened his boat to it.

'I know a good place for minnows,' said Mr. JEREMY took a reed pole, and pushed the boat out into open water. It was tied to a water-plant in the middle of the pond.

THE boat was round and green, and very like the other lily-leaves. JEREMY put on a macintosh, and a pair of shiny goloshes he took his rod and basket, and set off with enormous hops to the place where he kept his boat. Alderman Ptolemy Tortoise and Sir Isaac Newton. 'If I catch more than five fish, I will invite my friends Mr. 'I WILL get some worms and go fishing and catch a dish of minnows for my dinner,' said Mr. HE was quite pleased when he looked out and saw large drops of rain, splashing in the pond. Jeremy liked getting his feet wet nobody ever scolded him, and he never caught a cold! THE water was all slippy-sloppy in the larder and in the back passage.īut Mr. Jeremy Fisher he lived in a little damp house amongst the buttercups at the edge of a pond. Schwarz.).ĬONDITION: Very Good no names or other marks, tight, clean paper boards, extrems and especially bottom corners bumped, foxed top edge, a little rubbing to spine creases, about five tiny foxing spots on plate, pages flat and clean with occasional foxing in gutter, all in all very nice.ONCE upon a time there was a frog called Mr. This book found with a 1914-1917 Pigling Bland also with the G. Small hardback.Ī very pleasant early American edition volume with magical colour in the water scenes and hazy shores. 86 single sided plates on coated paper with double sided text 85 pp. Tittlemouse and Bee, no central picture no printer mentioned on p. 12 East 33d Street, (1906) early US edition: certainly 1911 to 1920, probably mid to late teens brown paper boards with silver titles and circular plate of Jeremy fishing, pasted down endpapers with Mrs. New York and London: Frederick Warne & Co.

The tale of mr jeremy fisher by beatrix potter