Animal Stories 2: Never Trust a Tiger
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781846867750 (1846867754)
Publish date: September 1st 2012
Publisher: Barefoot Books
Edition language: English
A merchant stops to help a tiger trapped in a pit and then is startled to find that the tiger wants to eat him! A fun story with nice colorful illustrations. It has a nice examination of what fairness and unfairness, but the message doesn’t take over the story.
A nice little folk tale, not too doctored up. Lari Don consulted versions and variants according to her source statement. A great reversal story. Reminiscent of the rattlesnake parable and the elephant poop parable. Would be worth learning to tell, if from an original rather than this book. There's ...
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