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50 famous fables and folk tales : collected from around the world /

Enjoy a collection of classical stories, culled from the greatest storytellers of all time, offering up tales of animals and other enchanted creatures to delight readers young and old. As fables, each story demonstrates a moral lesson or a piece of advice for readers some of whom may be struggling w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baker, Tom, 1976- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Atglen, Pennsylvania : Schiffer Publishing Ltd, [2016]
Subjects:
Fables > Adaptations.
Folklore > Adaptations.
Table of Contents:
  • To kill a killer!
  • The foolish man and the fiery ants
  • The thief and the Innkeeper
  • The green jackass
  • The king who inspired courage
  • The woman and the snake
  • The women at the well
  • The seer
  • The graven image
  • The boy's toe bone
  • The priest and the robber!
  • The Jackass and the cur
  • The story of swing-ear
  • Slow and steady!
  • Stone soup
  • The old man and death
  • The tortoise and the eagle
  • Belling the cat!
  • The moose and the catfish
  • Death's messengers
  • The country mouse and the city mouse
  • The jackass and the pigs
  • The farmer, the fox, and the hen
  • The Brahman and the three rogues
  • The fox and the mask
  • The miller, his son, and their jackass
  • The Simpleton's jackass
  • The ox and the frog
  • The bittern and the mussel
  • The eagle and the spider
  • The wolf and the fox
  • Slow-coil and King frog
  • The jackass and the horse
  • The jackal and the elephant's carcass
  • The simpleton breaks a window
  • The peacock and the crow
  • Good for evil
  • The last laugh
  • The sparrows and the flax
  • The ostrich, the eagle, and the reindeer
  • The blind man and the snake
  • Brother rat and brother toad
  • Trishka's caftan
  • The owls and the crows
  • The foolish monkeys
  • A clever ape and a foolish wolf
  • The turkeys and the wildcat
  • The boar and the chameleon
  • The terror of the frogs
  • A thousand cuts!.