Item
The Mice That Ate Iron
- Title
- en_US The Mice That Ate Iron
- Description
- en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
- en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)
- en_US First edition?
- en_US Retold by Katherine Evans
- Creator
- en_US Evans, Katherine See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US Evans, Katherine
- Date
- 2016-01-25T19:27:49Z
- en_US 2003-01
- en_US 1963
- Date Available
- 2016-01-25T19:27:49Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1963
- Abstract
- en_US It was expensive to get this book! But it helps fill out the series that Katherine Evans developed. This is her seventh different Aesop title that I have. It is in excellent condition. In this cleverly worked version, Pablo goes off to seek his fortune and leaves his only hereditary possession, an anchor, with Antonio the inn-keeper. Antonio sells the anchor. Pablo comes back with a concertina and a chest. Antonio thinks fast. He has promised to bring something for Pablo to eat. He is looking around for ideas in the cellar when he notices the mice; they suggest to him the idea of iron-loving mice. Antonio thus makes a long face and tells Pablo that mice have eaten the anchor. Pablo says that he has heard of that phenomenon. He asks for Antonio's burro to take his concertina and chest to his lodging. Antonio immediately agrees, for he wants no uproar and no doubts from Pablo about their friendship. A few days later, Antonio objects to the fact that his donkey has not been returned and takes Pablo to the mayor. There Pablo claims that the burro was carried off by an eagle. When Antonio objects, Pablo can come out with his famous line, In a country where a large anchor was eaten by mice, an eagle might easily carry off an elephant. Black-and-white and very pleasing color illustrations alternate on two-page spreads.
- Identifier
- en_US 4841 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US Albert Whitman & Company
- en_US Chicago, IL
- Subject
- en_US PZ7.E888 Mc 1963 See all items with this value
- en_US Book containing one fable See all items with this value
- en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value
- Type
- en_US Book, Whole
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books