Goha and His Donkey: An Egyptian Folktale

Title

en_US Goha and His Donkey: An Egyptian Folktale

en_US Books for Young Learners

Description

en_US Fourth printing

en_US Retold by Amany Hassanein

Creator

en_US Hassanein, Amany See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Gorbachev, Valeri

Date

2016-01-25T15:38:00Z

en_US 2014-06

en_US 1999

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:38:00Z

Date Issued

en_US 1999

Abstract

en_US The story of MSA gets around! Here it is an Egyptian folktale! It is a pleasure to see the story inculturated in Egypt, with palm trees and Arab garb. The story here starts with Goha walking down the street leading a donkey which his son is riding. A key repeated line here is Goha heard someone say. Look how Goha spoils his son. Goha is unkind. He makes his son walk. When both ride, he hears Goha is unkind to the donkey. Walking beside the donkey is the fourth stage here, with men openly laughing at Goha. The two or three commentators at each turn are pictured as nicely similar to each other. And then Goha knew that he could not please all the people all the time. So Goha said . . . 'Whoever gets tired shall ride.' Then the donkey gets tired! In the last phase, Goha is carrying the donkey himself. The donkey seems pleased enough! That is a lovely surprise ending! The art fits the text well. A mini-lecture on the versions and supposed origins of this story would be fun!

Identifier

en_US 9781572741805

en_US 10125 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/76114

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Richard C. Owen Publishers

en_US Katonah, NY

Subject

en_US PZ7.H3773 Goh 1999 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