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Fox and the Stork
Stork is delighted when the sly fox invites her to share his delicious mouse-tail soup. But fox is indeed sly. He serves the soup in such shallow dishes that Stork, with her long bill, can't drink a drop, and then he greedily eats both portions himself! Stork is stunned by Fox's mean trick. But then she has a cunning idea of her own. She who laughs last, laughs best in this charming adaptation of a favorite Aesop fable with the wickedly satisfying moral: one bad turn deserves another.
- GenresAnimals
32 pages, Library Binding
First published January 1, 2003
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August 14, 2014
Basically what you'd expect from an Aesop fable, and the format is traditional picture book -- words in blocks layered over paintings.
August 1, 2018
Fox and Stork learn a valuable lesson without getting angry, only getting even.
December 2, 2007
A fable by Aesop, retold by Karl Ruhmann, illustrated by Alessandra Roberti. Published by North-South Books, copyright 2003.
Grade level: 2nd and up
When the stork sees the fox brewing up a wonderful stew, the stork tricks her way into getting invited to dinner. The stork then comes to the fox's house for dinner, she has no idea what the cunning fox is planning. When the stork is tricked by the fox and cannot eat the stew, she leaves and is planning a trick of her own. She later invites the fox to dinner, but she has something up her sleeve as well. Who will have the last laugh???
I found myself laughing at this story, and I think children will enjoy it as much as I did since it has a cunning trickster character that all children can love.
possible themes/units: fables, Aesop's fables, animals, cooking
Grade level: 2nd and up
When the stork sees the fox brewing up a wonderful stew, the stork tricks her way into getting invited to dinner. The stork then comes to the fox's house for dinner, she has no idea what the cunning fox is planning. When the stork is tricked by the fox and cannot eat the stew, she leaves and is planning a trick of her own. She later invites the fox to dinner, but she has something up her sleeve as well. Who will have the last laugh???
I found myself laughing at this story, and I think children will enjoy it as much as I did since it has a cunning trickster character that all children can love.
possible themes/units: fables, Aesop's fables, animals, cooking
January 6, 2016
i want to read complete story
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