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Title
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The Dancing Monkeys and Other Stories
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Aesop's Fables
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Description
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No Author
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Creator
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No Author
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Date
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2022-11-07T16:12:32Z
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2022-05
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2011
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Date Available
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2022-11-07T16:12:32Z
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Date Issued
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2011
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Abstract
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I see this booklet of three stories, each five pages long, as meant for children not much bigger than the 8½" x 11¾" book. Three variations of the title-story strike me. First, there is a discrepancy between the text, which has a courtier throwing nuts, and the illustrations, which have the courtier throwing coins, which are probably less likely to distract performing monkeys. Secondly, the monkeys chasing the nuts take their clothes off. Is that likely? Thirdly, the courtier upsetting their act does not seem to have a purpose, and his effect is that the courtiers are amused. Is not the nut-toss usually -- and more appropriately -- revenge from a displaced dancer? Moral: "Nobody can put up an act forever." "The Caged Bird and the Bat" rightly leads to its moral "Precautions are useless after a crisis." "The Fox and the Goat" has another apparent discrepancy between text and illustration. The text has the fox saying that there is going to be a drought. The illustrations show a rainstorm happening throughout the story. The goat here succumbs to the temptation to "save a little water for himself." In this version, the fox immediately uses the goat without describing a plan to him first. The large illustrations make the action clear to young minds.
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Identifier
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12993 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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BPI India Pvt Ltd
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New Delhi, India
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Subject
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Aesop