Wolf's Favour

Title

en_US Wolf's Favour

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Fulvio Testa

Creator

en_US Testa, Fulvio See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Testa, Fulvio

Date

2016-01-25T20:20:47Z

en_US 2012-12

en_US 1986

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:20:47Z

Date Issued

en_US 1986

Abstract

en_US Rose's calls this a fable, and I will not argue. It is not a known -- at least to me -- Aesopic fable. Porcupine needs a nut and goes to the wolf to ask him to crack it. Wolf has never done a favor before. Doing this good deed carries wolf through the day. Porcupine offers squirrel some of the nut, and crumbs beckon to crow. Crow then is even willing to pick some grapes for fox. The pattern is that an animal hears about a good deed and approaches life with an upswing of hope. Chicken is next to be surprised by a favor. Even snake wonders what it would be like to do someone a favor -- and then does it by directing lamb to a particularly grassy field. The focus here is on the confidence that the doer of a favor generates and receives in the process. Testa's work remains highly engaging. Maybe his best illustration here has the wolf cracking the nut as the original favor.

Identifier

en_US 9780862641085

en_US 8706 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/83920

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Andersen Press

en_US London

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.T378 Wolf 1986 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