Mother Crab Teaches Her Son (Sri Lanka) and The Opportunists (China)

Title

en_US Mother Crab Teaches Her Son (Sri Lanka) and The Opportunists (China)

en_US Peacock Series: Asian Fables and other Folktales #5

en_US PA5

Description

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Creator

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Date

2022-11-07T16:12:28Z

2022-05

en_US 1995

Date Available

2022-11-07T16:12:28Z

Date Issued

en_US 1995

Abstract

en_US This 24-page two-staple pamphlet is fifth in the collection of 20 listed on the back cover. 7½" x 6¾". In the first story, the storyteller and artist wisely have the mother admonishing the son in front of humans. "Don't bring shame to your mother." She soon "felt ashamed and took her child away." "Why do I always try to correct my child's mistakes while I, myself, do the same mistakes?" From that day forward, she does not criticize the way her child walks. The second is the typical story of the war between the birds and the beasts. "Only the bats did not join in the war." In this version, the bats never do join the war, claiming to the birds that they are not birds and to the fox that they are not land animals. In this version, there is a winner: the land animals. But suddenly the king lion is killed, and the ensuing land-animal stampede kills many of the bats. The birds win! King eagle then wants to destroy all who have no honor. Bats are now ashamed to come out in daylight. Partial-page and full-page illustrations alternate.

Identifier

en_US 12958 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/139138

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Arowana Publications

en_US Java

Subject

Asian See all items with this value