The Mice Who Ate Iron: Based on a tale from the Panchatantra

Title

en_US The Mice Who Ate Iron: Based on a tale from the Panchatantra

en_US Favourite Tales

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Retold by Sampurna Chatterjee

Creator

en_US Chatterjee, Sampurna See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Thapar, Bindia

Date

2016-01-25T19:38:17Z

en_US 2005-01

en_US 2003

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:38:17Z

Date Issued

en_US 2003

Abstract

en_US I found this and three other books in the series on sale at the only supermarket we found in our first four stops in Africa, namely Nakumatt in Nairobi. Again, Thapar's art reminds me of the work of Leo Politi. Naduk's business is not doing well, and so he will move to Somewhere Else. But he leaves behind the big iron beam which his father had bought hoping to build a house--and then had left to Naduk for that purpose. His sole friend Laxman promises to take care of the beam for Naduk while he is away. Naduk has better luck and soon has a chain of shops. He sells them to return home and build his house. There is, I believe, a major error in the otherwise good telling of this story. Earlier Laxman had supposedly sold the iron beam to cover some debts. At the end of the story, the judge tells him to bring it out of his storeroom and return it to Naduk to get his kidnapped son back. It is supposedly gone, but the text and illustration miraculously return it to Laxman, so that he can give it back!

Identifier

en_US 1844220842

en_US 5433 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80973

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Ladybird Books: Penguin Books India

en_US New Delhi, India

Subject

en_US PZ7.L33 Mic 2003 See all items with this value

en_US Book containing one fable See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole