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Title
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The Mice Who Ate Iron: Based on a tale from the Panchatantra
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Favourite Tales
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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Retold by Sampurna Chatterjee
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Creator
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Chatterjee, Sampurna
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Contributor
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Thapar, Bindia
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Date
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2016-01-25T19:38:17Z
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2005-01
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2003
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T19:38:17Z
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Date Issued
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2003
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Abstract
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I found this and three other books in the series on sale at the only supermarket we found in our first four stops in Africa, namely Nakumatt in Nairobi. Again, Thapar's art reminds me of the work of Leo Politi. Naduk's business is not doing well, and so he will move to Somewhere Else. But he leaves behind the big iron beam which his father had bought hoping to build a house--and then had left to Naduk for that purpose. His sole friend Laxman promises to take care of the beam for Naduk while he is away. Naduk has better luck and soon has a chain of shops. He sells them to return home and build his house. There is, I believe, a major error in the otherwise good telling of this story. Earlier Laxman had supposedly sold the iron beam to cover some debts. At the end of the story, the judge tells him to bring it out of his storeroom and return it to Naduk to get his kidnapped son back. It is supposedly gone, but the text and illustration miraculously return it to Laxman, so that he can give it back!
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Identifier
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1844220842
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5433 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Ladybird Books: Penguin Books India
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New Delhi, India
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Subject
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PZ7.L33 Mic 2003
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Book containing one fable
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole