Series #19

2018? Wolf and a grape bunch.  Text by PimTranslation.  Illustrated by Osang Art.  Paperbound.  Bangkok: Series #19:1: Reading Support Foundation: Greenlife Printing.  $1 from Nuchanat Rongroang, ThaiRRShop, May, '18.

This is Perry #15, FG, with a wolf substituted for the fox.  Also, this wolf is a mother whose cubs would love some of those grapes.  The artist does a good job of showing blush on the wolf's face after hours of unsuccessful jumping.  The stated moral is "Anyone who can not do as expected, they always find the excuse to conceal it."  The editing of this pamphlet suffers in several ways, not least the misspelling of "Mom" as "Mon" and "tired" as "tried."  The mother wolf, frustrated after jumping many hours, says "It is too higher so how should I do."  The outside front-cover has a symbol for Green Life publishing, and the inside front-cover repeats that along with a symbol for Green Ocean paper.  The publisher's symbol seems to be two purple heads reading an open red book; that symbol appears three times. 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".

2018? A Cat and A Fox.  Text by PimTranslation.  Illustrated by Osang Art.  Paperbound.  Bangkok: Series #19:2: Reading Support Foundation: Greenlife Printing.  $1 from Nuchanat Rongroang, ThaiRRShop, May, '18.

This story presents the traditional story of the cat and the fox with some changes.  The cat comes from the city and meets the fox as they walk through the jungle.  The fox boasts that no one in this jungle can harm him.  While the fox here claims many tricks for survival, the story does not show him using any.  He only "thinks a survival plan."  Similarly, this version does not get the cat to claim her tree-climbing as her one trick.  The stated moral is "Only knowledge or expert in one thing, it is better than dilettante knowing in many things."  As this moral shows, the English editing of this story suffers.  Here is an example: "For a moment, there are a noisy from a hunter and a hound, they run to a cat and a fox."  The outside front-cover has a symbol for Green Life publishing, and the inside front-cover repeats that along with a symbol for Green Ocean paper.  The publisher's symbol seems to be two purple heads reading an open red book; that symbol appears three times. 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".

2018? Three Swindlers.  Text by PimTranslation.  Illustrated by Osang Art.  Paperbound.  Bangkok: Series #19:3: Reading Support Foundation: Greenlife Printing.  $1 from Nuchanat Rongroang, ThaiRRShop, May, '18.

This traditional story sometimes uses other animals but the effect is the same.  All three swindlers speak of the traveler's cow as a horse.  In this version, he has just bought the cow at a slaughterhouse to slaughter at home to provide food.  So here he leaves the cow to go back and complain that he has been given a horse instead.  How many voices does it take to get each of us to doubt his or her factual perceptions?  The stated moral is "Whatever we do, we need to think over carefully, be self-confident."  The English editing of this story suffers.  Here is an example: "Three of swindlers are so happy to have a big cow to make a food at free of charge."  The outside front-cover has a symbol for Green Life publishing, and the inside front-cover repeats that along with a symbol for Green Ocean paper.  The publisher's symbol seems to be two purple heads reading an open red book; that symbol appears three times. 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".

2018? A Mole and Mom.  Text by PimTranslation.  Illustrated by Osang Art.  Paperbound.  Bangkok: Series #19:4: Reading Support Foundation: Greenlife Printing.  $1 from Nuchanat Rongroang, ThaiRRShop, May, '18.

This traditional story as it is told here comes very close to being a simple joke.  The youngest mole cub wants to prove that it is ready to leave the nest.  His mother thus puts him to the test with a mass of strong smelling gum benjamin.  The cub identifies it as a stone.  Mom's funny response is: "Not only you can not see but your nose also can not smell."  The stated moral is "Anyone who boast of the things that they really do not know, it is pillory their defect to everyone."  I guess that this moral means that boasting about things one does not know only shows one's ignorance.  The English editing of this story suffers, as is clear in the moral just above.  The outside front-cover has a symbol for Green Life publishing, and the inside front-cover repeats that along with a symbol for Green Ocean paper.  The publisher's symbol seems to be two purple heads reading an open red book; that symbol appears three times. 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".

2018? A Fox borrow a Tiger's Influence.  Text by PimTranslation.  Illustrated by Osang Art.  Paperbound.  Bangkok: Series #19:5: Reading Support Foundation: Greenlife Printing.  $1 from Nuchanat Rongroang, ThaiRRShop, May, '18.

This is the story of using a potential enemy's force to one's advantage.  Here the fox, threatened to be eaten by the tiger, offers to show him how strong he is if he will just follow the fox through the jungle.  All the other animals run away as the fox approaches – because the tiger is right behind him.  The tiger ends up running away from the fox he now fears.  The stated moral is "Once in harm, be conscious and do not frightened."  The English editing of this story suffers, as is clear in the moral just above.  The tiger repeatedly claims that he is after "bait" to eat.  Much of the grammar is confused.  The artist gives the clever fox a good smirk at the end.  The outside front-cover has a symbol for Green Life publishing, and the inside front-cover repeats that along with a symbol for Green Ocean paper.  The publisher's symbol seems to be two purple heads reading an open red book; that symbol appears three times. 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".

2018? A warning from Swallow.  Text by PimTranslation.  Illustrated by Osang Art.  Paperbound.  Bangkok: Series #19:6: Reading Support Foundation: Greenlife Printing.  $1 from Nuchanat Rongroang, ThaiRRShop, May, '18.

This traditional story is told in normal form.  In this version, the farmer plants cotton, cotton that will eventually be woven as a net to catch the birds.  The other birds do not listen to the swallow's wise warning.  The stated moral is "to be open mind to listen the warning from a kindly person."  The English editing of this story suffers from start to finish.  The artist gives the farmer who has now netted the birds an animated smile of conquest!  The outside front-cover has a symbol for Green Life publishing, and the inside front-cover repeats that along with a symbol for Green Ocean paper.  The publisher's symbol seems to be two purple heads reading an open red book; that symbol appears three times. 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".