The Hare's Race

Title

en_US The Hare's Race

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US Apparent first printing

en_US Hans Baumann; translated from the German by Elizabeth D. Crawford

Creator

en_US Baumann, Hans

Contributor

en_US Boratynski, Antoni

Date

2016-01-25T16:29:22Z

en_US 1999-03

en_US 1976

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:29:22Z

Date Issued

en_US 1976

Abstract

en_US There are a number of twists on TH here. The mole thought of the famous race and so suggested to hare a fair race for ten meters: You run, I dig. Hare thought it would take mole forever to dig through ten meters. He ran to a cabbage field and made a whole cabbage into a holey one. Fox, badger, and crow mark the mole's progress meter by meter--thus helping young readers learn to count to ten. Next hare thought he had time enough for a snooze and immediately fell asleep with his eyes open. At three meters, hare jumped onto a tractor and rode into town with it! At four meters, he got his moustache trimmed by the barber in town! At five, he rode on the merry-go-found at the fairgrounds. At six, he nibbled a turnip at the vegetable market. At seven, a gigantic dog chased him. At eight, the dog, whom he had led into a brook, splashed out of it, and the hare's ears whirled so furiously that he was lifted into the air. He got back to the starting line, but then faced having to jump one molehill after another. The biggest surprise comes at the end when the triumphant mole hears the hare's retort: Of course you were first. Only tell me, what did you get out of it? You scratched and scraped, but I really had some fun! Translated from Hasenwettlauf, aber ehrlich ©1975 K. Thienemanns Verlag, Stuttgart. There is a 3/4 tear in the front of the dj.

Identifier

en_US 688320678

en_US 3014 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78434

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US William Morrow and Company

en_US New York

Subject

en_US PZ7.B3275 Har 1976

en_US One

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole