Never Trust a Tiger: A Story from Korea

Title

en_US Never Trust a Tiger: A Story from Korea

en_US Early Readers: Animal Stories #2

Description

en_US Retold by Lari Don

Creator

en_US Don, Lari See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Williamson, Melanie

Date

2016-08-26T13:39:01Z

en_US 2015-07

en_US 2012

Date Available

2016-08-26T13:39:01Z

Date Issued

en_US 2012

Abstract

en_US "This brightly colored book uses six chapters for its single fable. The fable is a traditional one that includes several elements: that desperate victims should not be trusted; that human beings treat animals and plants poorly; that clever friends can get us out of tight places. The artistic style emphasizes "Korean" and creativity. Consider the creative view, for example, of the tiger caught in a pit (6). This version is attentive to the detailed questions one could have about the story. How, for example, does the merchant get the tiger out of the pit? What does the tiger do first when he is out of the pit? Chapter 2 covers the argument between the two when the hungry tiger threatens to eat the merchant. Enjoy the tiger's frontal attack on 16. The merchant argues that one cannot follow a good deed with a bad deed. They will ask passersby to judge whether life is fair or not. Depending on their verdict, the tiger will eat the man. The booklet enjoys humor, too, as on 22 when the tiger, crouching upon the man and waiting for passersby, exclaims "Bother!" The succeeding chapters present the answers of the ox and the tree. To my surprise, the pine tree says that in his experience good follows good. He shelters birds, and birds carry his seeds abroad. The two opinions cancel each other out. The hare, asked to be the tie-breaking judge, supposedly gets confused and has to ask the two to show him how it all happened. Again, the book attends to detail: "Was that tree trunk in the pit then?" Once the tiger is back in the pit without the tree trunk, the hare asks the merchant if he still wants an opinion. The merchant goes away saying he will never again trust a tiger, and the tiger wonders whom he can now get to help him get out of the pit. Good stuff!"

Identifier

en_US 10855 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/91453

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Barefoot Books

en_US Cambridge, MA

Subject

en_US PZ7.D7144Nev 2012 See all items with this value

en_US One story See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole