the tale of mr jeremy fisher by beatrix potter

Jeremy had not been wearing a mackintosh!Ī great big enormous trout came up-ker-pflop-p-p-p! with a splash- and it seized Mr. Jeremy sat disconsolately on the edge of his boat-sucking his sore fingers and peering down into the water-a MUCH worse thing happened a really FRIGHTFUL thing it would have been, if Mr. Then he jumped back into the water.Īnd a shoal of other little fishes put their heads out, and laughed at Mr. The stickleback floundered about the boat, pricking and snapping until he was quite out of breath. Jeremy landed little Jack Sharp, the stickleback, covered with spines! Jeremy Fisher, jerking up his rod.īut what a horrible surprise! Instead of a smooth fat minnow, Mr. “A minnow! A minnow! I have him by the nose!” cried Mr.

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 galoshes. “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 the 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 mackintosh, and a pair of shiny galoshes 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. Once upon a time there was a frog called Mr. You should visit Browse Happy and update your internet browser today! The embedded audio player requires a modern internet browser.

The tale of mr jeremy fisher by beatrix potter