Beatrix Potter's dapper Mr. Jeremy Fisher (1986) has a troublesome time fishing for minnows. This stately frog dresses for the rainy weather, digs up some worms, and heads out on his lily pad boat. "He had the dearest little red float. His rod was a tough stalk of grass, his line was a fine long white horse-hair. . ." Despite his careful preparations, disaster strikes, and he vows to never go fishing again. He recovers from the traumatic adventure and, that evening, serves his friends a roasted grasshopper with ladybird sauce instead of fish. This is a frightfully fun fantasy from Beatrix Potter.
