The King with Dirty Feet and Other Stories from Around the World

Title

en_US The King with Dirty Feet and Other Stories from Around the World

Description

en_US First printing

en_US Compiled by Mary Medlicott

Creator

en_US Medlicott, Mary See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Williams, Sue

Date

2016-01-25T15:38:59Z

en_US 2013-08

en_US 1998

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:38:59Z

Date Issued

en_US 1998

Abstract

en_US Of the six stories here, I think the first two qualify as fables. The King with Dirty Feet is really an etiological story (11). A king who never takes baths finally bathes in the river but then finds that he cannot keep his feet clean. The solution tends to be laying down leather over the whole surface of the earth until a clever man shows him how to cut sandals out of the leather. Clever Rabbit and King Lion by Amoafi Kwapong is listed as a story from Ghana (11). It is the old Panchatantra story about leading an angry lion to water, but this version does not involve regulated sacrifice. Clever Rabbit first asks for a week to fatten herself up for the devouring King Lion. Clever Rabbit speaks of a bigger lion competing with King Lion. On the way to confronting him, Clever Rabbit sings, dances, and skips. The water here is a lake. This oversized paperback has colorful illustrations. The best in these two sections may show the land covered with leather (8).

Identifier

en_US 9780753451656

en_US 10319 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/76306

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Kingfisher

en_US New York

Subject

en_US PZ8.1.K612 1998 See all items with this value

en_US Collection See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole