query: who wrote about peter rabbit and jemima puddle duck

pos: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. It was first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in July 1908. Potter composed the book at Hill Top, a working farm in the Lake District she bought in 1905. Following the purchase, her works began to focus on country and village life, incorporating large casts of animal characters and sinister villains. "Jemima Puddle-Duck" was the first of her books set wholly at the farm with background illustrations based on the farm buildings and yard, and nearby locales. Jemima is

pos: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck duck based on her model of Jemima in a Paisley handkerchief shawl and bonnet. A soft Jemima doll was manufactured by J. I. Farnell of Acton. The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. It was first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in July 1908. Potter composed the book at Hill Top, a working farm in the Lake District she bought in 1905. Following the purchase, her works began to focus on country and village life, incorporating large casts of animal characters and sinister villains. "Jemima Puddle-Duck"

pos: Beatrix Potter with the voices of Sienna Adams as Peter Rabbit, Ronan McCoid as Benjamin Bunny, Ella Bradley as Tom Kitten, Kyle Tanis as Mr. Jeremy Fisher, Leslie Fanelli as Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Karen Zikas as Jemima Puddle-Duck. John Patrick has released several clips of his upcoming film to YouTube. In 1982, the BBC produced "The Tale of Beatrix Potter". This dramatisation of her life was written by John Hawkesworth, directed by Bill Hayes, and starred Holly Aird and Penelope Wilton as the young and adult Beatrix, respectively. "The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends", a TV series based on her stories,

pos: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck Rabbit" was released. Potter continued to publish with Warnes. Early in July 1905 she bought Hill Top, a working farm of at Sawrey in the Lake District with profits from her books and a small legacy from an aunt. On 25 August 1905 Potter's editor and fiancé, Norman Warne died suddenly and unexpectedly. Potter became deeply depressed and was ill for many weeks, but rallied to complete the last few tales she had planned and discussed with Warne. In 1900 Beatrix Potter revised a tale about a humanised rabbit she had written in 1893, worked up a dummy book in

pos: Domestic duck Ducks are also kept for their ornamental value. Breeds have been developed with crests and tufts or striking plumage, for exhibition in competitions. The domestic duck has appeared numerous times in children's stories. Beatrix Potter's "The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck" was published by Frederick Warne & Co in 1908. One of Potter's best-known books, the tale was included in the Royal Ballet's "The Tales of Beatrix Potter." It is the story of how Jemima, a domestic duck, is saved from a cunning fox who plans to kill her, when she tries to find a safe place for her eggs to

pos: Aylesbury duck to rear ducks near London, and large duck farms opened in Lancashire, Norfolk and Lincolnshire. Although the number of ducks raised nationwide continued to grow, between 1890 and 1900 the number of ducks raised in the Aylesbury area remained static, and from 1900 it began to drop. By the time Beatrix Potter's 1908 "The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck"—about an Aylesbury duck although set in Cumbria—caused renewed interest in the breed, the Aylesbury duck was in steep decline. The duckers of Buckinghamshire had generally failed to introduce technological improvements such as the incubator, and inbreeding had dangerously weakened the breed. Meanwhile,

pos: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck "Little Red Riding Hood" with Jemima, the fox, and the dog parallels to the fairy tale's heroine, wolf, and woodcutter. Jemima, Kep, the farmer's wife, and her two children were all modelled on real world individuals at Potter's Hill Top farm. The book was hugely popular. Spinoff merchandise included a soft Jemima doll in bonnet and shawl, a Jemima painting book in 1925, and illustrated fabric placemats hand-fashioned by Potter and distributed to friends. Critically, the book is considered one of Potter's best. In 1971, the tale became a segment in the Royal Ballet film, "The Tales of Beatrix Potter",

pos: David Croft (TV producer) UK, resulting in Croft writing scripts such as "Aladdin", "Cinderella" and "Babes in the Wood". Through his lifelong friend, composer/conductor Cyril Ornadel, Croft met the producer Fiona Bentley, who had obtained rights to adapt and musicalise a number of Beatrix Potter stories. Croft wrote the scripts and lyrics for a series released on His Master's Voice Junior Record Club, narrated by Vivien Leigh and starring several singer-actors and actresses including Barbara Brown, Graham Stark and Cicely Courtneidge. David Croft himself played a number of roles, including Timmy Willie in "Johnny Town-Mouse", Kep in "Jemima Puddle-Duck", and Old Brown in "Squirrel

pos: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck indolence and lack of industry, but, as a country woman, she knew foxes were clever and managed to escape more times than they were caught. From the first encounter between Jemima and the fox, the reader realises the fox is more clever than Jemima and is forced to extend him a grudging admiration. Helen Beatrix Potter was born on 28 July 1866 to barrister Rupert William Potter and his wife Helen (Leech) Potter in London. She was educated by governesses and tutors, and passed a quiet childhood reading, painting, drawing, visiting museums and art exhibitions, and tending a nursery menagerie

pos: Ernest Aris "The Artist" (1938) describes him as "an illustrator of over 400 children’s books, a master of the art of pleasing the child mind". There can be no doubt that he was indeed a prolific illustrator, whose work generated a whole new genre in children's illustration and would go on to create a multitude of imitators. Beatrix Potter wrote to Aris, using her married name of Mrs. Heelis, to ask what he would charge for illustrating a booklet in the style of "Jemima Puddle-Duck" (by Beatrix Potter) and was most put out when, "He had the effrontery to inform the offended

pos: Beswick Pottery towards lifelike animal pieces, including cats, dogs, farm animals, fish and wild animals. Continued expansion enabled the acquisition of the adjoining factory in 1945 to accommodate offices, warehousing and new potting and firing facilities. In 1947, Lucy Beswick suggested bringing to life the illustrations in the Beatrix Potter books. In 1948, John Beswick secured the right to reproduce a range of 10 Beatrix Potter earthenware characters, the first of which was Jemima Puddle-Duck, modelled by Arthur Gredington. In 1952, Beswick began manufacturing a range of Disney characters, including Snow White, Mickey Mouse and Bambi. Along with the designs of James

pos: Poke bonnet beginning of the 19th century. It is first mentioned in an 1807 fashion report in "The Times"; the report describes designs made of willow or velvet with long ribbons and full bows on one side of the hat. By the 1830s, Englishwomen had adopted the poke bonnet. The new styles became widely popular and made the aristocracy less visibly distinct from the respectable middle classes. The style is modest and was in line with English fashions after the ascension of Queen Victoria. A poke bonnet features prominently in the illustrations of Beatrix Potter's "Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck". Another appears in

pos: Katherine Paterson play version of the story by Beatrix Potter, "The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck". It was performed at a conference of the Beatrix Potter Society in Fresno, CA in April 2009. In January 2010, Paterson replaced Jon Scieszka as the Library of Congress National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, a two-year position created to raise national awareness of the importance of lifelong literacy and education. In 2011, Paterson gave the Annual Buechner Lecture at The Buechner Institute at her alma mater, King University. In January 2013, Paterson received the biennial Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal from the American Library Association, which recognizes

pos: Peter Rabbit well as a shop where Josephine sells various items. Peter's relatives are Cousin Benjamin Bunny and Benjamin's father, Mr. Bouncer Bunny. Peter Rabbit was named after a pet rabbit whom Beatrix Potter had as a child, and whom she called Peter Piper. The first Peter Rabbit story, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", was originally created in 1893 as a letter to Noel Moore, the five-year-old son of Potter's former governess, Annie Moore. The boy was ill and Potter wrote him a picture and story letter to help him pass the time and to cheer him up. The letter included sketches

pos: The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Will Gluck, was released. Voice roles were played by James Corden, Daisy Ridley, Margot Robbie, and Elizabeth Debicki, and live action roles played by Domhnall Gleeson, Rose Byrne, and Sam Neill. The Tale of Peter Rabbit The Tale of Peter Rabbit is a British children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter that follows mischievous and disobedient young Peter Rabbit as he is chased about the garden of Mr. McGregor. He escapes and returns home to his mother, who puts him to bed after dosing him with tea. The tale was written for five-year-old Noel Moore, son of Potter's

pos: The Tale of Peter Rabbit The Tale of Peter Rabbit The Tale of Peter Rabbit is a British children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter that follows mischievous and disobedient young Peter Rabbit as he is chased about the garden of Mr. McGregor. He escapes and returns home to his mother, who puts him to bed after dosing him with tea. The tale was written for five-year-old Noel Moore, son of Potter's former governess Annie Carter Moore, in 1893. It was revised and privately printed by Potter in 1901 after several publishers' rejections, but was printed in a trade edition by Frederick Warne &

pos: Emma Thompson The film was released on 31 October 2016. She is also an ambassador for the Galapagos Conservation Trust. In 2012, Thompson wrote "The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit" as an addition to the Peter Rabbit series by Beatrix Potter to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the publication of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit". She was approached by the publishers to write it, the first authorised Peter story since 1930 and the only one not written by Potter. The book falls in the middle of the earlier series, rather than at the end, and takes Peter Rabbit outside of Mr. McGregor's

pos: Peter Cottontail was already familiar with Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit character, and would not allow his father to give his stories' rabbit character any other name. Later when the boy stayed with grandparents for a month while widower Burgess (his wife had died in childbirth) worked, he wrote stories down and mailed them to be read to the boy. Later still, the magazine where Burgess worked published a few of those stories. Then a representative of publisher Little, Brown came by asking the magazine editor about children's stories, and the editor pointed him to Burgess. Little, Brown then published some of Burgess'

pos: The Tale of Peter Rabbit World of Peter Rabbit and Friends", which has since been released on VHS and DVD. In 2006, Peter Rabbit was heavily referenced in a biopic about Beatrix Potter entitled "Miss Potter". In December 2012, a new CGI-animated children's TV series titled "Peter Rabbit" premiered on Nickelodeon, with a full series run beginning in February 2013. Peter was voiced by Colin DePaula throughout Season 1 and recanted by L. Parker Lucas for Season 2 in the US version. In the U.K. version he is voiced by Connor Fitzgerald. In February 2018, a 3D live-action/CGI animated feature film titled "Peter Rabbit", directed

neg: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck 1940, Potter remarked upon the illustration of Jemima rushing downhill with her bonnet and shawl askew, "That is what I used to look like to the Sawrey people. I rushed about quacking industriously." "The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck" was published in July 1908 after heated discussions with publisher Harold Warne about the dialogues and cover illustration. The book was an immediate success. In later years, Ernest Aris would blatantly plagiarise not only the Peter Rabbit character in his "The Treasure Seekers" but Jemima in his "Mrs. Beak Duck". Potter was restrained when alerted to the imitations: she praised his technical

neg: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck herself. "Jemima Puddle-Duck" was popular, almost as popular as "Peter Rabbit", and became the subject of ancillary merchandise. She is depicted in one of the four well known endpapers of the Potter books, and was featured on a Christmas card for the Invalid Children's Aid Association. She became the principal character in an unpublished painting book describing the livestock at Hill Top, and appeared in "Peter Rabbit's Painting Book" and "Tom Kitten's Painting Book" before being given her own painting book, "Jemima Puddle-Duck's Painting Book" in 1925, composed grudgingly in response to public demand for yet another book. Potter waited

neg: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck and, in 1992, it was telecast as an episode on the animated BBC anthology series, "The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends". The tale begins in a farmyard which is home to a duck called Jemima Puddle-duck. She wants to hatch her own eggs, but the farmer's wife believes ducks make poor sitters and routinely confiscates their eggs to allow the hens to incubate them. Jemima tries to hide her eggs, but they are always found and carried away. She sets off along the road in her poke bonnet and shawl to find a safe place away from the farm

neg: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck However, the hungry fox-hounds eat Jemima's eggs. Jemima is escorted back to the farm in tears over her lost eggs, but, in time, lays more eggs and successfully hatches four ducklings. "The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck" is a tale of pursuit and prey. The theme runs through several of Potter's tales: Mr. McGregor pursues Peter Rabbit, Simpkin lies in wait for the mice in the tailor's shop, and the trout attempts to devour Jeremy Fisher. Potter was following the pattern of fairy tales by dwelling on the theme of pursuit and prey, and often pointed out that the tale of

neg: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck years, Potter published books similar in concept, style, or format to "Peter Rabbit": "The Tailor of Gloucester" and "The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin" in 1903, and the tales of "Benjamin Bunny" and "Two Bad Mice" in 1904. In August 1905, sales profits and a small legacy from an aunt enabled Potter to buy Hill Top, a working farm of 34 acres and 36 perches (13.85 ha) in the Lake District. In the years immediately following its purchase, she produced tales and illustrations inspired by the farm, its woodland surroundings, and nearby villages. Potter worked on sketches for "Jemima Puddle-Duck" during

neg: Picture book 1902 to immediate success. "Peter Rabbit" was Potter's first of many "The Tale of...," including "The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin", "The Tale of Benjamin Bunny", "The Tale of Tom Kitten", and "The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck", to name but a few which were published in the years leading up to 1910. Swedish author Elsa Beskow wrote and illustrated some forty children's stories and picture books between 1897–1952. Andrew Lang's twelve Fairy Books published between 1889 and 1910 were illustrated by among others Henry J. Ford and Lancelot Speed. In the US, illustrated stories for children appeared in magazines like "Ladies

neg: Selina Cadell Crowther in "The Amazing Mrs Pritchard"; Mrs Tishell in "Doc Martin"; and the Dean Mieke Miedema in "Lab Rats". She appeared in Sam Mendes' Broadway production of Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard", and played Maria in Mendes' highly acclaimed production of "Twelfth Night" for the Donmar Warehouse (London and New York). She also lent her voice to Jemima Puddle Duck's sister-in-law, Rebecca Puddle Duck, in the British children's animated series "The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends" for the BBC and Fuji Television Network. In 2015, she directed the Royal Shakespeare Company in their first performance of "Love for Love"

neg: Rose Byrne roles in "" and "," and in 2017, she filmed the black comedy "I Love You, Daddy", directed by and also starring Louis C.K., but it was dropped by its distributor following sexual misconduct accusations made against C.K. In 2018, Byrne voiced Jemima Puddle-Duck and played a local woman named Bea who spends her time painting pictures of the rabbits in the live-action comedy "Peter Rabbit", which made US$351.2 million worldwide. In "Juliet, Naked" (also 2018), a romantic comedy adapted from Nick Hornby's novel of the same name, she appeared as a woman dating an obscure rock musician (played by

neg: Jemima Blackburn botanist Mary Noble argues persuasively that Potter modelled Jemima Puddle-duck, at least in name if not ornithological behaviour, on Jemima Blackburn. Blackburn died barely a year after Potter published her "Tale of Jemima Puddle-duck" to great success. During her life at Roshven, Blackburn created a priceless legacy of paintings covering every facet of the life and customs of her time. Hardly a day passed without her recording some aspect of her varied and wonderful life. She painted her family and friends, important visitors and local people going about their everyday work: cutting peat, gathering bracken, making hay and many other

neg: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck the winter of 1907 while recuperating from respiratory infections. She accompanied her parents on a holiday to Sidmouth in April 1908, and continued to work on "Jemima Puddle-Duck". Potter's cousin Caroline Hutton Clark was at Hill Top during the composition of "Jemima Puddle-Duck" and joined Potter as she searched the farmstead for a suitable place in which to situate Jemima's nest for the illustrations. Kep was a real dog, and Mrs. Clark was given one of Kep's sons. She later described the puppy as "the dearest and cleverest dog I ever had." Two versions of the opening paragraph were written.

neg: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck duck, telling her the seasonings will be used for an omelette. Jemima sets about her errand, but the farm collie, Kep, meets her as she carries onions from the farm kitchen and asks her what she is doing and where she keeps going. She reveals her errand, Kep sees through the fox's plan at once, and finds out from Jemima where the fox lives. With the help of two fox-hound puppies who are out at walk at the farm, Kep rescues Jemima and the "foxy-whiskered gentleman" (Mr. Tod) is chased away and seen again in The Tale of Mr. Tod.

neg: Hill Top, Cumbria the children's author and illustrator known for the series of small format Peter Rabbit books. Potter bought the house and its working farm in July 1906 as her home away from London and her artistic retreat. She left the house to the National Trust. The house, farm and nearby villages feature in Potter's books, "The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan", "The Tale of Tom Kitten", "The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck" and "The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding". The farm was managed by John Cannon. The wing on the left was built by Potter for Cannon

neg: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck imitation of the small format bestseller "Little Black Sambo" (1899), and, after multiple rejections from London publishers, privately published her tale in December 1901. Frederick Warne & Co. was eager to compete in the burgeoning and lucrative small format children's book market, and accepted the "bunny book" (as the firm called it) after their prominent children's book artist L. Leslie Brooke gave it his enthusiastic endorsement. Potter agreed to colour her pen and ink illustrations, chose the then-new Hentschel three-colour process for reproducing her watercolours, and in October 1902 "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" was released. In the next few

neg: The Tale Of Two Bad Mice Verhaal van Pieter Langoor") was published in 1912 under licence by Nijgh & Ditmar's Uitgevers Maatschappij, Rotterdam. "The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck" ("Het Verhall van Kwakkel Waggel-Eend") followed the same year. "Peter Rabbit" and five other tales were published in Braille by The Royal Institute for the Blind in 1921. "Twee Stoute Muisjes" ("Two Bad Mice") was first published in Dutch in 1946 and republished under licence as "Het Verhaal van Twee Stoute Muizen" ("The Tale of Two Bad Mice") by Uitgeverij Ploegsma, Amsterdam in 1969. "Two Bad Mice" was first published in German as "Die Geschichte von den zwei

neg: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck home and the practicalities of farm life over the fantasy lives of animals. It was the "modus vivendi" Potter was to incorporate in her own life as she devoted more of her thoughts and hours to the business of farming and less to tales of fantasy animals. Like many fairy tales, "Jemima Puddle-Duck" belongs in a remote, but not-too-distant, past. Jemima's shawl reflects the typical farm dress of the Lake District at the time of the tale's composition, but the poke bonnet does not, and the fox's long tail coat and exquisite manners also suggest another time. Jemima is a

neg: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck a domestic duck of the Aylesbury breed, whose eggs are routinely confiscated by the farmer's wife because she believes Jemima a poor sitter. Jemima searches for a place away from the farm where she can hatch her eggs without human interference, and naively confides her woes to a suave fox who invites her to nest in a shed at his home. Jemima accepts his invitation, little realising her danger: the fox plans to kill and roast her. Kep, a collie on the farm, discovers Jemima's whereabouts and rescues her just in time. Potter indicated the tale was a revision of

neg: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck Jemima was a retelling of "Little Red Riding Hood". Perrault's tale ends with the death of the heroine, but Potter understood children will not tolerate tragedy. The prey in her books survive for better or worse (Peter returns home for a dose of chamomile tea, for example) and, though Jemima loses her eggs to her hungry rescuers, she lives to return to the farm to raise a brood of ducklings. The tale shows Potter at her best in depicting the life of the farm and the village of Near Sawrey, but the tale becomes one of something more than just

neg: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck to lay her eggs. At the top of a hill, she spies a distant wood, flies to it, and waddles about until she discovers an appropriate nesting place among the foxgloves. However, a charming gentleman with "black prick ears and sandy-coloured whiskers" persuades her to nest in a shed at his home. Jemima is led to his "tumble-down shed" (which is curiously filled with feathers), and makes herself a nest with little ado. Jemima lays her eggs, and the fox suggests a dinner party to mark the event. He asks her to collect the traditional herbs used in stuffing a

neg: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck dedicated to Betsy and Ralph Cannon, the children of Potter's farm manager, John Cannon. The children appear in one of the illustrations collecting Jemima's eggs from the rhubarb patch, and their mother is depicted in the opening picture feeding the barnyard fowl. Jemima was based upon a real world duck at Hill Top Farm who evaded Mrs. Cannon and her children in their attempts to locate her eggs before she mismanaged their incubation. Mrs. Cannon believed ducks made poor sitters, and routinely confiscated the ducks' eggs to allow the hens to incubate them. Potter may have taken inspiration from a

neg: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck drawing in her father's 1853 sketchbook of a flying duck wearing a bonnet. Potter almost certainly chose the name "Jemima" in honour of Jemima Blackburn, an ornithological painter and illustrator whose "Birds from Nature" she had received as a gift on her tenth birthday and whom she met in 1891. The illustrations depict the new barn and outbuildings at Hill Top, the wrought-iron gate Potter installed at the kitchen garden, the rhubarb patch, the entrance porch at the farmhouse, the exterior of the Tower Bank Arms in the village, and imagined aerial views of the countryside around Near Sawrey. In

neg: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck The slightly cynical, "What a gratifying thing it is in these days to meet with a female devoted to family life" was revised to read, "What a funny sight it is to see a brood of ducklings with a hen." The tale is complicated with irony (the feather-filled shed and the herbs for roasting a duck) and the co-existence of two time sequences or two different points of view: Kep's as he seeks the assistance of the fox-hounds in rescuing Jemima, and the sandy-whiskered gentleman's as he waits nervously for Jemima to return with the herbs. The "farmyard tale" was

neg: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck the farmer's wife: she regains her errant duck and is rid of the predatory fox. Ostensibly, she confiscates Jemima's eggs believing Jemima will abandon them, but the eggs are not confiscated for the well-being of Jemima and her kin but for the well-being of the farmer's wife and her family: the eggs (or the ducks hatched from them) will end up on their dinner table. In this respect, the farmer's wife is a predator like the fox, but the fox is condemned for his predation. Human values are at the top of the tale's hierarchy. Potter argues for the well-ordered

neg: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck for ducklings to hatch at the farm to be used as models for the painting book, but in the end, the eggs were rotten. The instructions in Jemima's painting book were similar to those in Tom Kitten's painting book, but the kittens with crayons in Tom's book accompanying the instructions were replaced by six ducklings splashing about in paint water for the similar page in Jemima's book. In the original tale, Jemima's eggs are eaten by her rescuers but in the painting book, a new design was executed for "They took Jemima home"; in the painting book, Kep and the

neg: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck more interesting character when humanised with the clothing; without it, she is just a farmyard duck. As Potter pointed out, the tale is a revision of a fairy tale and belongs in the indefinite period of "once upon a time". The story is one of Potter's more ominous and is fraught with tension. Jemima is a headstrong innocent distracted by her overwhelming desire to nest, and thus unable to penetrate the fox's designs and comprehend her dangerous situation. The tension rises in increments from the mysterious feather-filled shed (the place of slaughter), to the fox's plan for an omelette (of

neg: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck artistry but chastised him for a lack of originality. At the time, her eyesight was deteriorating and her days were heavily invested in operating her farm; her restraint with Aris may be attributed to her desire to enlist him as a collaborator. Potter indicated "Jemima" was a revision of "Little Red Riding Hood", and the similarities between the two are numerous: Jemima and her eggs are substitutes for Red Riding Hood and her grandmother; the farmer's wife and Jemima's sister-in-law Rebeccah are substitutes for Red Riding Hood's mother; the fox and the wolf both conceal their bestial natures beneath the

neg: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck ducklings and would not tolerate having Jemima, a mother figure, suffer a bloody end in the fox's shed. The loss of the eggs is sad for the reader, but Potter ended the tale as happily as possible – not only for her audience but for the sake of the real world children of her farm manager, Ralph and Betsy Cannon, to whom the tale was dedicated. Jemima is punished for her headstrong foolishness and must relinquish her hope of finding a nesting spot away from the farm, but the punishment is mitigated when she is allowed to hatch one brood

neg: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck "The Story of Little Black Sambo". Unable to find a buyer for the tale, she published it for family and friends at her own expense in December 1901. Frederick Warne & Co. had once rejected the tale but, eager to compete in the booming small format children's book market, reconsidered and accepted the "bunny book" (as the firm called it) following the recommendation of their prominent children's book artist L. Leslie Brooke. Potter agreed to colour her pen and ink illustrations, chose the then-new Hentschel three-colour process for reproducing her watercolours, and on 2 October 1902 "The Tale of Peter

neg: Tabitha Twitchit then unwisely allows them to play outside, but they then lose their clothes to some passing ducks, including Jemima Puddle-Duck. Their angry mother sends them to their room, telling her friends that they are ill, when in fact they are just getting up to further mischief. Potter concluded "The Tale of Tom Kitten" with the remark that she might "have to make another, larger, book, to tell you more about Tom Kitten". In fact she had been writing such a book at about the same time and it was published a year later. This book was "The Roly-Poly Pudding" (later

neg: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck local colour and interest. The archetypical tale upon which "Jemima" is based – the foolish and naive are rescued from destruction by the loyal and dependable – is transformed in Potter's hands to one in which self-preservation and shrewdness become admirable virtues. Graham Greene thought the sandy-whiskered gentleman a character of ominous gloom and suggested Potter had suffered some sort of mental breakdown, but it is more likely she was simply coming to terms with life on a farm. Wild animals invade the precincts of the domesticated ones, and death is part of farming. The victor in the tale is

neg: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck Jemima's eggs), to the ultimate horror and crowning irony, Jemima's errand to fetch the herbs that will be used to season herself. The fox is the first male villain in Potter's work, saving Samuel Whiskers in "The Roly Poly Pudding", the companion piece to "Jemima", and, like all villains in Potter, the "gentleman with sandy whiskers" presents a false social front that conceals his bestial nature. He dresses and behaves as a country gentleman of leisure, idling with a newspaper and living off the labor of others by luring their fowl to his feather-filled shed. Potter had little tolerance for

neg: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck fox hound puppies lead Jemima away from her broken but uneaten eggs. The same theme was depicted on Crabtree & Evelyn chocolate Easter eggs. The painting book displays Potter's willingness to exploit the commercial possibilities of her characters and tales. The purchaser was alerted to the existence of other Potter books on the inside front cover and directed to a list of books on the back cover. Other merchandise included sets of linen or silk placemats painted by Potter for friends with an abridged text and 12 of the illustrations. In 1910, Potter patented a design for a soft toy

neg: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck polite behaviour of gentlemen, and the dogs are substitutes for the woodcutters. Both tales touch upon physical appetite, temptation, and foolish behaviour. Though the tale has a happy ending, tearful Jemima is led back to the farm in public humiliation after losing her eggs to her hungry rescuers. She is allowed to hatch a brood on the farm, but it only produces four ducklings. Potter's revision of "Little Red Riding Hood" more nearly resembles Perrault's tragic tale than the happily-ever-after Grimm version where the heroine is rescued by woodcutters. The author knew her young audience would sympathise with the unhatched

neg: The Tale of Tom Kitten and lose some of their clothing in the ascent. Tom has a more difficult time gaining the top of the wall "breaking the ferns, and shedding buttons right and left". He is disheveled when he reaches the top of the wall, and loses his hat, but his sisters try to pull him together. The rest of his buttons burst. Three Puddle-ducks come marching along the road – "pit pat paddle pat! pit pat waddle pat!" Jemima Puddle-duck and Rebeccah put on some of the dropped clothing. The kittens lose the rest of their clothing descending the wall. Moppet invites Mr.

neg: Near and Far Sawrey the villages were used in her books such as "The Tale of Tom Kitten", "The Fairy Caravan", "The Pie and the Patty Pan" and "The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck". The villages date from at least the 14th century, when Near Sawrey was known as 'Sourer', becoming 'Narr Sawrey' by the 17th century (suggesting that Far Sawrey must have been in existence by this time). Near Sawrey contains a pub, while Far Sawrey has the parish church, a hotel, pub and village shop. The village shop ceased to function as a post office about 2003. There are waymarked paths between the

neg: Human uses of birds 1908 "The Tale of Jemima Puddle-duck" created an enduringly popular bird heroine. Other authors followed with many bird characters in books for children of different ages. In books for adults, birds may have symbolic or psychological significance. For instance, Paul Gallico's 1940 "" was a parable about the regenerative power of friendship in wartime; the goose symbolises both the hero, Rhayader, a wounded artist, and the world wounded by war. T. H. White's 1951 "The Goshawk" describes the author's "monstrous and often cruel battles" to train his bird of prey, while Helen Macdonald's 2014 "H is for Hawk", which references

neg: Hill Top, Cumbria and his family in 1906. "The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck" was dedicated to his children, Ralph and Betsy, who appear in the illustrations, as does their mother. The entrance hall retains its original stone-flagged floor. The range seen in many of her illustrations was removed but replaced with an identical one in 1983. The wallpaper was reproduced in 1987 from that hung by Potter in 1906 and covers the walls and ceiling. The longcase clock dated ca. 1785, the Chippendale-style chairs, the Georgian-style dresser, a 17th-century oak press cupboard and other furnishings are depicted in some of Potter's illustrations. The

neg: Joel Chandler Harris the Uncle Remus stories, adopting the words: "cottontail," "puddle-duck," and "lippity-(c)lippity" into her own work. Mark Twain incorporated several of the Uncle Remus stories into readings during his book tour. He wrote to William Dean Howells in the early 1880s, reporting that the "Tar Baby" had been received "best of all" at a reading in Hartford. Twain admired Harris' use of dialect. He appropriated exchanges and turns of phrase in many of his works, most notably in "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "The Mysterious Stranger". A.A. Milne borrowed diction, plot, and narrative structure from several Brer Rabbit stories. "Pooh Goes

neg: Beatrix Potter which was 34 acres large. Hill Top remained a working farm but was now remodelled to allow for the tenant family and Potter's private studio and workshop. At last her own woman, Potter settled into the partnerships that shaped the rest of her life: her country solicitor husband and his large family, her farms, the Sawrey community and the predictable rounds of country life. "The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck" and "The Tale of Tom Kitten" are representative of Hill Top Farm and of her farming life, and reflect her happiness with her country life. Rupert Potter died in 1914 and,

neg: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck tentatively considered a career in mycology, but the all-male scientific community regarded her as an amateur and she abandoned fungi. Potter had maintained contact with her last governess Annie Carter Moore and had grown fond of her children. Through the 1890s, she sent illustrated story letters to the children. Mrs. Moore recognised the literary and artistic value of the letters and urged her former charge to publish. Potter liked the suggestion, and, in 1900, revised a tale she had written for five-year-old Noel Moore in 1893, and fashioned a dummy book of it in imitation of Helen Bannerman's 1899 bestseller

neg: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck of small animals. Her interests in the natural world and country life were nurtured with holidays in Scotland, the Lake District, and Camfield Place, the Hertfordshire home of her paternal grandparents. Potter's adolescence was as quiet as her childhood. She grew into a spinsterish young woman whose parents groomed her to be a permanent resident and housekeeper in their home. She continued to paint and draw, and experienced her first professional artistic success in 1890 when she sold six designs of humanised animals to a greeting card publisher. She hoped to lead a useful life independent of her parents, and

neg: Our London Lives included restaurants, galleries, museums, cinema, theatre and experience walks and events. Examples of places visited include viewing a performance of "Jemima Puddle Duck" at the Unicorn Theatre, dining at Dinner by Heston Blumenthal and taking in the views from the Shangri-La Hotel in The Shard. The documentary also includes footage of Atherton and his son taking part in the campaign to save the Odeon Cinema in Kensington. Footage spans a lengthy period in time, starting when Charles is six years old and culminating in his sixteenth birthday. The film shows how each person changes and evolves from their experiences, which

neg: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More edition in 1999 by Jonathan Cape, with a newly commissioned cover illustration by Ralph Steadman. "The Swan" is a short story about the boys Ernie and his friend Raymond, who like to bully Peter Watson. When Ernie receives a rifle for his fifteenth birthday, they both shoot birds on their way to the rabbit field. As a joke, they menace Peter with the rifle, and tie him to the railway tracks; but Peter survives the train by sinking into the ballast. At first in hope of throwing Peter, still tied, into a lake, Ernie shoots a duck instead, and sends

neg: Elmer Fudd well as his trademark laughter. The best known Elmer Fudd cartoons include Chuck Jones' masterpiece "What's Opera, Doc?" (one of the few times Fudd bested Bugs, though he felt bad about it), the Rossini parody "Rabbit of Seville", and the "Hunting Trilogy" of "Rabbit Season/Duck Season" shorts ("Rabbit Fire", "Rabbit Seasoning", and "Duck! Rabbit, Duck!") with Fudd, Bugs Bunny, and Daffy Duck. An earlier character named Egghead set some of Elmer's aspects before the character's more conspicuous features were set. Tex Avery introduced a new character in his cartoon short "Egghead Rides Again", released July 17, 1937. Egghead initially was

neg: Jastrow illusion which we now know as the Jastrow Illusion. Joseph Jastrow extensively researched optical illusions. One of his most famous creations is the Duck-Rabbit illusion, an image that can be interpreted as being both a rabbit or a duck. In 1892 he published a paper which introduced his version of what is now known as the Jastrow illusion. His version is different to the commonly used figure because the two arches taper to one end. On the other side of the Atlantic, German scientist Wilhelm Wundt was also pioneering in psychology research. He wrote one of the first books about geometric

neg: Duck! Rabbit, Duck! does not crossdress. The cartoon, set in winter, finds Daffy Duck removing and burning every "Duck Season Open" sign he finds in order to warm himself in the winter, and prevent himself from being hunted. Elmer is out hunting and Daffy uses several signs to convince Elmer that it is rabbit season, making Elmer excited about "Fwesh wabbit stew!" just before Elmer follows the yellow trail to Bugs' rabbit hole. Daffy lures Bugs Bunny out by asking for a cup of blackstrap molasses. Just as Bugs Bunny comes out of his rabbit hole, Elmer points the gun at him and

neg: Daffy Duck used by Chuck Jones, who redesigned the duck once again, making him scrawnier and scruffier. In Jones' "Hunting Trilogy" (or "Duck Season/Rabbit Season Trilogy") of "Rabbit Fire", "Rabbit Seasoning" and "Duck! Rabbit, Duck!" (each respectively launched in 1951, 1952, and 1953), Daffy's attention-grabbing ways and excitability provide Bugs Bunny the perfect opportunity to fool the hapless Elmer Fudd into repeatedly shooting the duck's bill off. Also, these cartoons reveal Daffy's catchphrase, "Youuu're deththpicable!" Jones' Daffy sees himself as self-preservationist, not selfish. However, this Daffy can do nothing that does not backfire on him, more likely to singe his tail feathers

neg: Puddle Duck Racer other locations, bringing the hull count to 101. In May 2007 a second Hatch was held and five boats were built. 2008 saw the name of the event changed to the Summerland TimberMart Hatch and saw five more boats built. In Fall of 2010, Summerland hosted the 2010 Puddle Duck "World Championship" Race. The design was influenced by the $50 Sailboat Race, the Moth class, Gavin Atkins's Mouse Boat group, Jim Michalak boat designs, the Phil Bolger "Brick" design, and a number of other box boats. It is effectively a "sailing box" with 16" sides. Puddle Duck Racers generally are

neg: Puddle Duck Racer Puddle Duck Racer A Puddle Duck Racer or PD Racer is an 8 foot (2.44 m) long, 4 foot (1.22 m) wide, 16 inch (40 cm) high, spec series, racing sailboat. It is a one design hull shape with wide options in other areas. Billed as "the easiest sailboat in the world to build", the scow hull is a simple box, usually built of plywood. PD Racers have a Portsmouth handicap rating of 140.0 and their USSA code is PDR. Designed by David "Shorty" Routh, the PD Racer design was first published and released in 2003, and the first hull

neg: Puddle Duck Racer can also be used for recreational sailing, paddling, and motoring. The main hull configurations are: Alternatives include building a small cabin onto the boat, and a modular design that can be disassembled for transport. Puddle Duck Racer A Puddle Duck Racer or PD Racer is an 8 foot (2.44 m) long, 4 foot (1.22 m) wide, 16 inch (40 cm) high, spec series, racing sailboat. It is a one design hull shape with wide options in other areas. Billed as "the easiest sailboat in the world to build", the scow hull is a simple box, usually built of plywood. PD

neg: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury and shouting snatches of bawdy songs, brought home to him the existence of a whole empire of callousness which put his own childhood miseries in their context. The second incident was his unusual choice of a subject for a Latin poem. In the school grounds, there was an unsavoury mosquito-breeding pond called the Duck Puddle. He chose it as his subject because he was urgently concerned that the school authorities should do something about it, and this appeared to be the simplest way of bringing it to their attention. Soon afterwards the Duck Puddle was inspected, condemned and filled in.

neg: The Tale of Peter Rabbit Disney became interested in making an animated film based on "The Tale of Peter Rabbit". However, in a letter to a friend, Potter wrote that she refused Walt Disney's "scheme to film Peter Rabbit", saying, "I am not very hopeful about the result. They propose to use cartoons; it seems that a succession of figures can be joggled together to give an impression of motion. I don't think the pictures would be satisfactory... I am not troubling myself about it!" In 1935, the story was loosely adapted in the "Merrie Melodies" short film, "Country Boy". It shows some modifications in

neg: The Tale of Tom Kitten and playing "My Favorite Things" was issued in 1990, and a music box featuring Tabitha Twitchit and playing "Lara's Theme" was released the same year. In 1983, Tom Kitten was one of the first six flat ceramic Christmas ornaments issued by Schmid. Drake Puddle-duck, Rebeccah Puddle-duck, and Tom with the Butterfly were released in 1984. Scenes from the tales were produced as flat ornaments in 1987 featuring Tom and Moppet, and Drake Puddle-duck in Tom's clothes. In 1991, Schmid manufactured a 3-dimensional Tom Kitten ornament, and in 1992 a Tabitha Twitchit ornament. Another 3-dimensional Tom ornament was released in 1994

neg: Daffy Duck for President Daffy Duck for President Daffy Duck for President is a children's book, published by Warner Bros. and the United States Postal Service in 1997 to coincide with the release of the first Bugs Bunny U.S. postage stamp. The book was written and illustrated by Chuck Jones, edited by Charles Carney, and art directed by Allen Helbig. Echoing the popular "Rabbit Season/Duck Season" scenes from the Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck/Elmer Fudd shorts "Rabbit Fire", "Rabbit Seasoning" and "Duck! Rabbit, Duck!", the book tells how Daffy Duck, in an effort to outlaw Duck Season in favor of a perpetual Rabbit Season, attempts to

neg: The Tale of Tom Kitten following year, in October 1908, "The Tale of Samuel Whiskers" was published, which again featured Tom Kitten, as well as his mother and sisters. "Tom Kitten's Painting Book" was published in June 1917 with a cover by Potter depicting Tom standing at an easel, paint brush in hand. It was the second of Potter's three painting books for children, following "Peter Rabbit's Painting Book" of 1911 and preceding "Jemima Puddle-Duck's Painting Book" of 1925. The books were composed of pairs of pictures with short, appropriate texts at the foot of each page. When the book was opened, the fully coloured

neg: Duck! Rabbit, Duck! is briefly seen in the movie "Space Jam", right after the camera moves away from the clip from "Muzzle Tough". Duck! Rabbit, Duck! Duck! Rabbit, Duck! is a 1953 "Merrie Melodies" comedy cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones, and starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd. It is the sequel to "Rabbit Seasoning", and the third (along with "Rabbit Fire") and final entry in Jones' "hunting trilogy" (the only major difference in format between this film and the others is that it takes place during the middle of winter). Produced by Eddie Selzer for Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., the short

neg: Duck! Rabbit, Duck! Duck! Rabbit, Duck! Duck! Rabbit, Duck! is a 1953 "Merrie Melodies" comedy cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones, and starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd. It is the sequel to "Rabbit Seasoning", and the third (along with "Rabbit Fire") and final entry in Jones' "hunting trilogy" (the only major difference in format between this film and the others is that it takes place during the middle of winter). Produced by Eddie Selzer for Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., the short was released to theaters in 1953 by Warner Bros. Pictures. This is the only film in the trilogy where Bugs

neg: Jeffrey Alan Gray argued to spring into consciousness fully formed, including the intentionality of what the conscious perception is about. In arguing for this, Gray uses the example of pictures that can be either of two things, such as a duck or a rabbit. They are never hybrid, but are always completely duck or completely rabbit. The perception of a duck or a rabbit is argued to be constructed unconsciously up to the last moment. Gray's conclusion from this part of his discussion is that intentionality arises from the physical and chemical structure of the brain, but also that if intentionality can be

neg: Peter Cottontail stories as the book "Old Mother West Wind". The name of Burgess' rabbit character was never changed along the way. The laws governing usage of published character names were less strict back then than they are today. Burgess was not the only author to reuse the name Peter Rabbit, though with the huge popularity of "Old Mother West Wind", he became the most known. A fuller treatment on this topic can be found in "Nature's Ambassador: The Legacy of Thornton W. Burgess" by Christie Palmer Lowrance. Harrison Cady, who illustrated Burgess' books, wrote and drew the syndicated "Peter Rabbit" comic

neg: Rabbit Rampage technology updated and the pencil and paintbrush replaced by a digital pen. In issue #94 of the "Looney Tunes" comic, Bugs Bunny gets his back at Daffy Duck by making him the victim, in switching various movie roles, from Duck Twacy in "Who Killed Daffy Duck"," a video game character, and a talk show host, and they always wind up with Daffy starring in "Moby Dick" (the story's running gag). After this, Bugs comments, "Eh, dis guy needs a new agent." Rabbit Rampage Rabbit Rampage is a 1955 Bugs Bunny Warner Bros. animated cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones which was

neg: Frances Pitt her experience in raising a pair of baby badgers brought to her by a rabbit catcher. Of the pair, Diana and Jemima, Diana lived to return to the wild. In the early 1920s she wrote on the genetics and inheritance of colour patterning in Hereford cattle and on the traits of hybrids between ferrets and polecats. In 1934 she wrote on the increasing trends in badger populations. She also wrote on the topic of hunting in "Hounds, horses & hunting" (1948). Her book "The Squirrel" published in 1954 was based on an albino squirrel named "Mr Nuts". She was among

neg: Amy Krouse Rosenthal to Chicago's NPR affiliate WBEZ, and to the TED conference. Amy Krouse Rosenthal wrote for both adults and children. Rosenthal had several books on the "New York Times" bestseller list: "I Wish You More, Uni the Unicorn, Plant a Kiss, Exclamation Mark," "", and "Duck! Rabbit!". "Duck! Rabbit!" was read at the White House during the 2010 Easter Egg Roll. She was selected as the 2015 author for 'The Global Read Aloud', an eight-week program for classrooms around the world to engage with each other by reading the same books. Her alphabetized memoir "Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life" (published in

neg: Rabbit Rampage Rabbit Rampage Rabbit Rampage is a 1955 Bugs Bunny Warner Bros. animated cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones which was originally released on June 11, 1955. It is a spiritual successor to "Duck Amuck", in which Daffy Duck was teased by an off-screen animator, revealed at the end to be Bugs Bunny. In "Rabbit Rampage", Bugs is similarly teased by another off-screen animator who is revealed at the end to be Elmer Fudd. The cartoon inspired a 1993 video game for the Super NES, "Bugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage", which allows the player to control Bugs, following a similar plot. A few

neg: Rabbit Seasoning and the "Bugs Bunny: Winner By A Hare" laserdisc. Rabbit Seasoning Rabbit Seasoning is a 1952 "Merrie Melodies" cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones, and starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd. It is the sequel to "Rabbit Fire", and the second entry in the "Hunting trilogy" directed by Jones and written by Michael Maltese (the only major difference in format between them is that "Rabbit Seasoning" takes place during the spring, while "Rabbit Fire" takes place in autumn. The third cartoon, "Duck! Rabbit, Duck!", takes place in the winter). Produced by Edward Selzer for Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., the

neg: Rabbit Seasoning Rabbit Seasoning Rabbit Seasoning is a 1952 "Merrie Melodies" cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones, and starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd. It is the sequel to "Rabbit Fire", and the second entry in the "Hunting trilogy" directed by Jones and written by Michael Maltese (the only major difference in format between them is that "Rabbit Seasoning" takes place during the spring, while "Rabbit Fire" takes place in autumn. The third cartoon, "Duck! Rabbit, Duck!", takes place in the winter). Produced by Edward Selzer for Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., the short was released to theaters on September 20, 1952

neg: Duck! Rabbit, Duck! a fox hunting call, and is, of course, followed by a gunshot; after each shot, irritated Daffy is forced to put his beak back in place. At one point, Bugs builds a snow-rabbit image of himself and when Elmer blasts it, Bugs Bunny appears disguised as an angel (which Elmer believes, to Daffy's total disgust). Bugs then puts on a duck disguise. Daffy (who has been instructing Elmer not to pay attention to the signs, but to only do what he tells Elmer to do) sees him and shouts "Shoot the duck! Shoot the duck!" to which Elmer obliges by

neg: Philosophical Investigations image that can be "seen as" either a duck or a rabbit. When one looks at the duck-rabbit and sees a rabbit, one is not "interpreting" the picture as a rabbit, but rather "reporting" what one sees. One just sees the picture as a rabbit. But what occurs when one sees it first as a duck, then as a rabbit? As the gnomic remarks in the "Investigations" indicate, Wittgenstein isn't sure. However, he is sure that it could not be the case that the external world stays the same while an 'internal' cognitive change takes place. According to the standard

neg: Rabbit Fire Rabbit Fire Rabbit Fire is a 1951 "Looney Tunes" (reissued as a 1960 Blue Ribbon "Merrie Melodies") cartoon starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Elmer Fudd. Directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese, the short is the first film in Jones' "hunting trilogy"—the other two films being "Rabbit Seasoning" and "Duck! Rabbit, Duck!". It is also the first film to feature a feud between Bugs and Daffy. Produced by Edward Selzer for Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., the short was released to theaters on May 19, 1951 by Warner Bros. Pictures and is often considered among Jones' best and

neg: Irwin the Disco Duck fame, whose Irwin-voice later became the one for Scooby-Doo's nephew Scrappy. Irwin's hair, wardrobe and DJ persona are all reflections of American radio personality Rick Dees, who wrote and recorded the "Disco Duck" song on which this series was based. Irwin the Disco Duck Irwin the Disco Duck, a.k.a. Irwin the Dynamic Duck, is a fictional character who was featured on a series of children's records from Peter Pan Records. He's depicted as an anthropomorphic white duck with a head of brown hair, usually dressed in 1970s-style clothes (platform shoes, bell-bottoms, et cetera). Despite the similarity in both sound and

neg: Cosley Zoo Northern Cardinal, Northern Flicker, Northern Pintail Duck, Orpington Duck, Red-tailed Hawk, Redhead Duck, Ringed Turtle Dove, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Rouen Duck, Sandhill Crane, Tennessee Warbler, Turkey Vulture, Veery, White Pekin Duck Chaco Golden Knee Tarantula, Common Walking Stick, Madagascar Hissing Cockroach, Vietnamese Walking Stick African Pygmy Hedgehog, Black Angus Cow, Bobcat, Coyote, Dutch Rabbit, French Lop Rabbit, Guernsey Cow, Guinea Hog, Himalayan Rabbit, Llama, Miniature Donkey, Montadale Sheep, Norwegian Fjord Horse, Nubian Goat, Raccoon, Red Fox, Shetland Pony, White-tailed Deer Black Rat Snake, Blanding's turtle, Common bull snake, Eastern Blue-tongued Skink, Eastern Milk Snake, Fox snake, Midland Painted Turtle, Three-toed Box

neg: Puddle Duck Racer North America. Internationally, registered boats can be found in countries such as Australia, England, Germany and Argentina. During the weekend of April 28–30, 2006, there was a "Puddle Duck Hatch" held in Summerland, British Columbia. Organized by PD Racer enthusiast Gordon Seiter, the event, gathered various groups from the area to build PD Racers on Friday and Saturday, and then race them on Sunday. The build was sponsored by various local merchants. 10 boats were built at the hatch, which brought the number of registered hulls to 99, and hulls 100 and 101 "went 3D" during the same time in

neg: The Tale of Tom Kitten the following two decades. After Potter's death in December 1943, Frederick Warne & Co. granted licences to various firms for the production of merchandise based on the Potter characters. Beswick Pottery of Longton, Staffordshire was one of the first and a porcelain figurine of Tom Kitten was one of the first ten Beswick Potter figurines released in 1948. Tabitha Twitchit, Mr. Drake Puddle-Duck, Rebeccah Puddle-Duck, and Mittens and Moppet were released either as single figurines or in combination with other characters. A Tom Kitten mug, plaque, and tableau were issued. In sum, 12 "Tom Kitten" figurines were released by Beswick

neg: Colin Towns Face". He also composed the music for the popular children's animation series "Angelina Ballerina" as well as several other animation series and films for children including "The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends", "The Story Store", "Truckers", "The Willows in Winter", "The Wind in the Willows", "The Tale of Jack Frost", "Oi! Get Off our Train", "Toot and Puddle", "Fungus the Bogeyman", "The Sandman" and "Faeries". His other film credits include "Rawhead Rex" (1986), "Bellman and True" (1987), "Vampire's Kiss" (1988, starring Nicolas Cage), "Getting It Right" (1989), "The Wolves of Willoughby Chase" (1989), "Hands of a Murderer" (1990, starring

neg: White Rabbit the PlayStation 2 action-RPG game, "Kingdom Hearts" and its Game Boy Advance follow-up, "", the White Rabbit leads Sora, Donald Duck and Goofy to the Queen's palace, worried about being late. His Japanese voice actor was Shigeru Ushiyama. The White Rabbit works for the Red Queen, but is also a secret member of the Underland Underground Resistance, and was sent by the Hatter to search for Alice. Actor Michael Sheen stated, "The White Rabbit is such an iconic character that I didn't feel like I should break the mould too much." In this film adaption, the White Rabbit is given

neg: Bugs Bunny black duck with a small white rabbit. The rabbit introduces himself with the odd expression "Jiggers, fellers," and Mel Blanc gave the character a voice and laugh much like those he would later use for Woody Woodpecker. "Hare Hunt" also gives its rabbit the famous Groucho Marx line, "Of course you realize, this means war!" The rabbit character was popular enough with audiences that the Termite Terrace staff decided to use it again. According to Friz Freleng, Hardaway and Dalton had decided to dress the duck in a rabbit suit. The white rabbit had an oval head and a shapeless

neg: Bugs Bunny story conference." A rabbit with some of the personality of Bugs, though looking very different, was originally featured in the film "Porky's Hare Hunt", released on April 30, 1938. It was co-directed by Ben "Bugs" Hardaway and an uncredited Cal Dalton (who was responsible for the initial design of the rabbit). This cartoon has an almost identical plot to Avery's "Porky's Duck Hunt" (1937), which had introduced Daffy Duck. Porky Pig is again cast as a hunter tracking a silly prey who is more interested in driving his pursuer insane and less interested in escaping. "Hare Hunt" replaces the little

neg: Jemima von Tautphoeus have been regarded in Germany as a matter of news." Jemima von Tautphoeus Baroness Jemima von Tautphoeus (née Montgomery) (23 October 1807 – 12 November 1893) was an Irish novelist writing in English, who wrote several stories dealing with Bavarian life, manners and history. Born Jemima Montgomery on 23 October 1807 at Seaview, County Donegal, Ireland, she was the daughter of James Montgomery of Seaview and his wife, Jemima (daughter of James Glasgow of Aughadenvarn, County Leitrim). She was also the niece of Sir Henry Conyngham Montgomery, first baronet. The writer Maria Edgeworth was a cousin, whom she described as

neg: Jemima von Tautphoeus Jemima von Tautphoeus Baroness Jemima von Tautphoeus (née Montgomery) (23 October 1807 – 12 November 1893) was an Irish novelist writing in English, who wrote several stories dealing with Bavarian life, manners and history. Born Jemima Montgomery on 23 October 1807 at Seaview, County Donegal, Ireland, she was the daughter of James Montgomery of Seaview and his wife, Jemima (daughter of James Glasgow of Aughadenvarn, County Leitrim). She was also the niece of Sir Henry Conyngham Montgomery, first baronet. The writer Maria Edgeworth was a cousin, whom she described as one of the most interesting people it was possible to

neg: Charlotte Pomerantz Charlotte Pomerantz Charlotte Pomerantz (born July 24, 1930) is an American children's writer and journalist. Her 1975 story "The Princess and the Admiral" won a Jane Addams Children's Book Awards. Pomerantz's story "The Piggy In The Puddle" was featured October 13, 1992 on Reading Rainbow, where it was retold using a claymation process with artists Becky and Cody. Other featured books on the show included "This House Is Made of Mud", "The Hippopotamus Song: A Muddy Love Story, Oink!" with a similar theme. Pomerantz's book "The Half-Birthday Party" is about half-birthdays. Her "One Duck, Another Duck" was recommended as "a

neg: Harrison Cady comic strip was launched by the New York Herald Tribune Syndicate on August 15, 1920. He continued to write and draw the strip for almost three decades. When he retired in 1948, Vince Fago drew the strip. Avon published Cady's "Peter Rabbit Comics" in 1947. His work is on display at the Thornton Burgess Museum in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Harrison Cady Walter Harrison Cady (1877–1970) was an American illustrator and author, best known for his "Peter Rabbit" comic strip which he wrote and drew for 28 years. Cady was born in Gardner, Massachusetts, to a town selectman, Edwin Cady, who ran

neg: Anatinae are mostly gregarious ducks of freshwater or estuaries. These birds are strong fliers and northern species are highly migratory. Compared to other types of duck, their legs are placed more towards the centre of their bodies. They walk well on land, and some species feed terrestrially. "Puddle ducks" generally feed on the surface of the water or feed on very shallow bottoms. They are not equipped to dive down several feet like their diving counterparts. The most prominent difference between puddle ducks and divers are the size of the feet. A puddle duck's feet are generally smaller because they do

neg: The Abominable Snow Rabbit can find a real rabbit, Bugs. As Bugs starts experiencing Hugo's overbearing love, Daffy sneaks away. Hugo sits on Bugs, who sneaks out under the snow, carrying Daffy toward Hugo. As Hugo doubts that Daffy is or is not a rabbit, Daffy asks what a rabbit really looks like. Hugo responds that rabbits have long ears, making Bugs tie down his own ears and stick two of his fingers behind Daffy's head as rabbit ears. After Hugo painfully hugs the duck again but realizes that he has a bill and feathers, Daffy points out the tunneling Bugs to Hugo, who