Potter, Beatrix

When his wife is trapped in a chimney, Mr. Tiddler, the pigeon, brings her food every day until she can be rescued.

When the tailor becomes sick and cannot finish the waistcoat for the mayor, the mice finish it for him.

A frog fishing from his lily pad boat doesn't catch any fish, but one catches him.

Ginger, a cat, and Pickles, a terrier, run a general store patronized by mice, dolls, and rabbits.

Squirrel Nutkin would rather ask the old owl riddles then gather nuts with the other squirrel.