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| Author | Beatrix Potter |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Beatrix Potter |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's novel |
| Publisher | Frederick Warne & Co |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Published in English | 1906 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| ISBN | NA Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| Preceded by | The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan |
| Followed by | The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit |
The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher is a book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. It was first published in 1906. The story tells of the misadventures of the frog Mr. Jeremy Fisher as he tries to fish for his dinner. It includes two characters named after English physicist Sir Isaac Newton and Roman mathematician Ptolemy.
Plot summary
The story chronicles the misadventures of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, a frog living by a pond. One rainy day he puts on his macintosh and goloshes and sets out to fish for minnows for dinner. He takes his lily-leaf boat and settles down with his rod in the middle of the pond. After an hour of no results, he gets tired and takes a break for lunch, a butterfly sandwich. Interrupted by a water beetle and a rat, he moves his boat further away. And now he gets a bite almost at once, but the fish turns out to be little Jack Sharp, the stickleback, who escapes and jumps back in the water. Mr. Jeremy's fingers are hurt by the stickleback spines, and while he is nursing them, a trout jumps up and snaps him in its mouth. Luckily the macintosh makes the trout spit him back out, but it swallows his goloshes. As Jeremy swims ashore he laments the loss of his fishing rod and basket, but concludes he won't go fishing again anyway. In the end, his friends Sir Isaac Newton (a newt) and Mr. Alderman Ptolemy Tortoise come to dinner, but instead of minnows they have a roasted grasshopper with lady-bird sauce.
Adaptions
An animated adaptation of the story, shown alongside The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, was featured on The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends in 1993.
Postage stamp
For the 100th anniversary of Jeremy Fisher in 2006, a set of commemorative stamps entitled Animal Tales was issued by the Royal Mail in Great Britain. The set celebrate several different illustrated children's books, with Jeremy Fisher featured on one of the stamps.
External links
- The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher at Project Gutenberg
- The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher at Internet Archive. London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1906. Scanned book, illustrated.