Creighton University

The lion divides the  two buffalo friends by suggesting untrue rumors to each about the other.  There is an English error late in the story: "parted aways."  The stated moral is "unity is strength."  True to this series, there are colorful announcements about Green Life Printing, Green Ocean paper, and soy ink.  The publisher's symbol seems to be two purple heads reading an open red book. There is a page of vocabulary on the inside back cover, with a picture of all six books in the series on the back cover.

The donkey is charmed by the cricket's song and learns that the cricket drinks dew drops from the leaves.  So he drinks dew drops from the leaves for a number of days, grows weak, and dies.  The stated moral is "Choose the right things that suits you."  True to this series, there are colorful announcements about Green Life Printing, Green Ocean paper, and soy ink.  The publisher's symbol seems to be two purple heads reading an open red book. There is a page of vocabulary on the inside back cover, with a picture of all six books in the series on the back cover.  The pamphlet is twelve pages long, About 7½" x 6¾".

An eagle catches an unsuspecting hare and is about to eat him.  A pigeon comes by and joins in mocking the hare.  Just then a fox catches the pigeon unawares.  The stated moral is "Don't walk on people who are down."  True to this series, there are colorful announcements about Green Life Printing, Green Ocean paper, and soy ink.  The publisher's symbol seems to be two purple heads reading an open red book. There is a page of vocabulary on the inside back cover, with a picture of all six books in the series on the back cover.  The pamphlet is twelve pages long, About 7½" x 6¾".

This version of "The Stag Admiring His Horns" develops several elements, perhaps not all wisely.  The story starts with the stag proud of everything about himself, including his "long legs."  Further, he brags about himself to water and land animals.  Halfway through the story, he tells fellow deer that he does not like his "ugly" legs.  Two hyenas attack, and the stag in this version narrowly escapes them.  "Those legs saved his life."  The stated moral is "Don't go after appearances.  Go for things that have use for you and that have value in life."  True to this series, there are colorful announcements about Green Life Printing, Green Ocean paper, and soy ink.  The publisher's symbol seems to be two purple heads reading an open red book. There is a page of vocabulary on the inside back cover, with a picture of all six books in the series on the back cover.  The pamphlet is twelve pages long, About 7½" x 6¾".

The friendly snake lets the porcupine stay with him when others have refused this prickly guest.  Soon the snake is annoyed and asks the porcupine to leave.  "If you have a problem," the porcupine says, "you have to go and find a new place."  The stated moral is "Help according to your means."  There is one problematic passage: the porcupine "told the snake that I he was very fine living here."  True to this series, there are colorful announcements about Green Life Printing, Green Ocean paper, and soy ink.  The publisher's symbol seems to be two purple heads reading an open red book. There is a page of vocabulary on the inside back cover, with a picture of all six books in the series on the back cover.  The pamphlet is twelve pages long, About 7½" x 6¾".

The ugly crow is taken with the beauty of the swan, underscored here by the artist by having her young sail along on her back next to her wing.  He decides that staying in the water will make him white like her.  His friends are concerned.  Soon he dies.  The stated moral is "We should be satisfied with what we have."  True to this series, there are colorful announcements about Green Life Printing, Green Ocean paper, and soy ink.  The publisher's symbol seems to be two purple heads reading an open red book. There is a page of vocabulary on the inside back cover, with a picture of all six books in the series on the back cover.  The pamphlet is twelve pages long, About 7½" x 6¾".