The Hedgehog and the Hare: The Brothers Grimm

Title

en_US The Hedgehog and the Hare: The Brothers Grimm

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Apparent first printing

en_US Adapted and Illustrated by Wendy Watson

Creator

en_US Watson, Wendy

Contributor

en_US Watson, Wendy

Date

2016-01-25T16:30:06Z

en_US 1999-06

en_US 1969

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:30:06Z

Date Issued

en_US 1969

Abstract

en_US Since a version of this fable appears as Perry 649, I will include this lovely little book. This hare is particularly contemptuous of the hedgehog. Watson cleverly writes of the hedgehog's anger he can bear anything but an attack on his legs, just because they are crooked by nature (12). When they have bet, the hedgehog cleverly asks for a half-hour to go home and eat breakfast before the actual race. Watson introduces the farmer early by having the hedgehog go out on a Sunday morning to see how his turnips were coming along in the farmer's garden. A few pages later, we begin to see the furrows of the farm itself. At the start of the race (20), we see the full extent of the field's furrows. A race lasts one furrow, and the hare keeps asking for a rerun until they have completed seventy-three runs. Watson has the hedgehog keep tally on a rock. (The tally is correct, by the way!) Finally the hare gives up before he can finish the seventy-fourth. Because the copies have slightly different covers and there is varying wear on the inside, I will keep both in the collection.

Identifier

en_US 3178 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78578

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US The World Publishing Company

en_US Cleveland

Subject

en_US PZ8.1.W36 He 1969

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole