Pig puppet with attached Aesop's fable "The Pig and the Sheep."

Title

Pig puppet with attached Aesop's fable "The Pig and the Sheep."

Description

1990? Pig puppet with attached Aesop's fable "The Pig and the Sheep." Puppets with a Tale: Folktails: Folkmanis, Inc., Emeryville, CA. Made in Korea. Gift of John and Susan Carlson, Christmas, 1991.

The tale on the card attached to this puppet tells of the pig who happened among sheep and was upbraided for all his squealing when the shepherd caught him. The pig answers the sheep: “He nly wants you for your wool, but he wants me for bacon.” A clever manipulator can get fingers into all four legs and the face.

Date

1990?

Source

Gift of John and Susan Carlson, Christmas, 1991.

Subject

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