‘Some folks say Reynard the Fox is a rascal. They will tell you he is sly, and up to all sorts of tricks. He prowls around at night, smelling the air with his long nose, and listening with his long ears; and when he has done prowling, you may be pretty sure he is not as hungry as when he set out.’
So begins ‘How Reynard the Fox Fooled the Raven, ‘ the first of these eighteen enchanting stories. The adventures of Reynard, the great folkloric trickster, along with those of other animals are charmingly adapted by William Trowbridge Larned from Jean de La Fontaine’s classic fables. Striking color illustrations by artist John Rae enhance ‘The Tortoise and the Hare, ‘ ‘Jocko the Monkey and Mouser the Cat, ‘ ‘The City Mouse and the Country Mouse, ‘ ‘The Grasshopper Goes to the Ant, ‘ and other timeless tales.
Cuprins
How Reynard the Fox Fooled the Raven
The Raven Who Would Be Like an Eagle
The Dog Who Got a Good Ducking
The Tortoise Who Ran a Race With the Hare
How the Hired Man Learned a Lesson
The Heron Who Was Hard to Please
Jocko the Monkey and Mouser the Cat
The Grapes Hang High for Reynard the Fox
Davy Green Tries His New Sling
How Leo the Lion Was Killed by the Gnat
The Stork Gets Even With Reynard the Fox
The Ass Who Put on the Skin of a Lion
The Grasshopper Goes to the Ant
The Miller, His Son and the Ass
Ferdinand the Frog Does Something Big
The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
The Cat Shows the Fox Her One Best Trick
The Hen That Laid the Golden Eggs
Despre autor
John Rae (1882–1963) attended the Art Students League of New York and was a student of Howard Pyle. He wrote and illustrated many children’s books, including
The New Adventures of Alice, Grasshopper Green and the Meadow Mice, and
Granny Goose.
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