The Mouse, the Frog and the Hawk

Title

en_US The Mouse, the Frog and the Hawk

en_US Aesop's Fables

en_US MAF 5

Description

en_US Retold by Aromal T

Creator

en_US No Author See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Rahulkrishnan,

Date

2016-01-22T21:18:35Z

en_US 2015-04

en_US 2007

Date Available

2016-01-22T21:18:35Z

Date Issued

en_US 2007

Abstract

en_US The story here is on 6 to 21 of this booklet with circled page numbers. In this version, the frog gets tired on a friendly journey together. The frog then has the bright idea to tie a string between his back leg and one of the mouse's forelegs. (That part of the story has it backwards. A mouse back leg needs to be tied to a frog foreleg.) So we will always run together. The bright idea works: the mouse runs and the frog leaps. One of the story's best illustrations is on 14-15, and it gets repeated as the cover illustration. At a stream, the frog suggests to the frightened mouse that the latter can sit on the back of the former. The trip goes well and both are singing happily. Then the hawk appears, swoops down, and catches the mouse. Somewhat surprisingly, the mouse and frog are still tied to each other. The hawk promptly eats them both. An excellent last illustration shows the hawk in silhouette flying into the sunset with the mouse in a claw and the frog suspended below (21). This is a curious solution to the story's issues. I would judge it not totally satisfying. The booklet is one of five booklets from this series ordered from The Book Depository in the UK. I suspect that some further members of the series will elude me.

Identifier

en_US 10520 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/75134

Publisher

en_US Mango: DC Books

en_US Bangalore

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.T2Mou 2007 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