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The Fox and the Grapes
(Society for Visual Education, 1980)
Nice simple big pictures, one to a page. This fox wears a coat and cap. At one point in his leaping he touches the grapes. He tries to leap at them ten times. The fox admits at the end that the grapes look and smell ...
The Fox and the Crow
(Society for Visual Education, 1980)
Nice simple big pictures, one to a page. This fox does the flattery of the female crow well. She even wears a hat to identify her sex.) He starts with compliments on general beauty and feathers, and then moves on to the ...
The Wicked Elephant
(1990)
New to me. After the wicked elephant ruthlessly kills the young of two birds, they turn to their friends--the bees, the porcupines, and the crickets--for help. The bees blind the elephant, and the porcupines sting the ...
The Tiger and the Girl
(1990)
This is a transformed version of an Aesopic fable. Here a tiger sees the daughter of a woodcutter and falls in love with her as he pursues her home. She rejects him utterly, but his father promises marriage if the tiger ...
The Bat in War
(1990)
There is a great illustration of why there could be a war between the strong animals and the weak birds. As the text reads But the birds can fly..., the illustration shows a bird making droppings on the head of a monkey! ...
The Rabbit and the Crocodile
(1990)
This is one of the few etiological tales in this collection. The rabbit bests the crocodile several times over and is finally caught but declares inside the crocodile's mouth Now, he eats me! He is very happy and laughs ...
The Magic Sword
(1990)
Again, the story is new to me. A chameleon finds a magic sword. On the strength of his having it, the animals make him king. An elephant arrives and asks if the chameleon knows how to use it, When he is told no, he ...
Three Mischief Friends
(1990)
When the goat, the pig, and the monkey exchange their jobs, they make a mess of things. Do your duty well and be satisfied. I wonder how many people in Thai culture and in ours will swallow that moral!
The Thief and the Leopard
(1990)
New to me. A leopard hears a couple during a storm speak of the leak that will kill us all. Fearing the Leak, the leopard hides in the barn, which is soon visited by a thief trying to steal the cow and mistaking the ...
Zebra
(1990)
Trying to win the four-footed beauty contest, the zebra paints stripes on himself, but he still does not win. The horse is faster, the tiger stronger, and the giraffe more far-seeing. In disappointment ever since, the ...