Creighton University

This is a transformation of the usual GA fable.  Several crickets are involved; in fact they play in a band, though the text says that some of them snoozed.  Somehow the story narrows down to one cricket.  "The ants were willing to help, of course."  The fable tradition would not agree with that "of course"!  The art for this fable consists exclusively of broad two-page images.  The stated moral is "Do not wait for things to get difficult.  Be prepare."  The moral page has a standard framework throughout this Series #2: a kitten painting a picture expresses the moral beneath a framed title of the fable.  There are problems with the English of this fable, e.g., "scrace" for "scarce" and the problem with the second part of the moral above.  The front-cover on both sides has symbols for Green Life publishing, Green Ocean paper, and yessoy ink.  The publisher's symbol seems to be two purple heads reading an open red book; it is repeated 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".

This version specifies two things in its telling of the standard FK fable.  First, the urge to ask comes twice from their boredom.  Secondly, what they ask for is not, as usually, a king but rather a "guardian."  That is a curious transformation!  I enjoy the images of four frogs praying twice in the story.  The stated moral is "Be satisfied with what you have."  The moral page has a standard framework throughout this Series #2: a kitten painting a picture expresses the moral beneath a framed title of the fable.  There are problems with the English of this fable, e.g., "swanp" for "swamp" and in the singular of frog in the title, when the story is clearly about a group of frogs.  The front-cover on both sides has symbols for Green Life publishing, Green Ocean paper, and yessoy ink.  The publisher's symbol seems to be two purple heads reading an open red book; it is repeated 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".

This is a cogent version of FWT.  The fox, when asked about his tail, claims that he cut it off and can move faster now.  One of the other foxes mentions seeing a tail in a trap, the other foxes laugh at him, and he runs away in shame.  The stated moral is "Reasonable man could never be fooled."  The moral page has a standard framework throughout this Series #2: a kitten painting a picture expresses the moral beneath a framed title of the fable.  The front-cover on both sides has symbols for Green Life publishing, Green Ocean paper, and yessoy ink.  The publisher's symbol seems to be two purple heads reading an open red book; it is repeated 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".

This is a cogent version of TB.  The stated moral is "True friendship is proved in time of trouble."  The moral page has a standard framework throughout this Series #2: a kitten painting a picture expresses the moral beneath a framed title of the fable.  The artist does a particularly good job of portraying the eyes of all three participants in the different and sometimes emotionally charged moments of this story.  The front-cover on both sides has symbols for Green Life publishing, Green Ocean paper, and yessoy ink.  The publisher's symbol seems to be two purple heads reading an open red book; it is repeated 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".

This story is new to me.  A boar bullies all the other animals.  They gather to decide how to get rid of him but go each his own way when they feel he is too big and strong for them.  Then by chance the boar discharges a crossbow into himself and dies.  The story may not suggest the kind of causality that fables usually want to express.  We might think that these animals just got lucky!  The stated moral is "An ill life, an ill end."  The moral page has a standard framework throughout this Series #2: a kitten painting a picture expresses the moral beneath a framed title of the fable.  The front-cover on both sides has symbols for Green Life publishing, Green Ocean paper, and yessoy ink.  The publisher's symbol seems to be two purple heads reading an open red book; it is repeated 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".

The version of CW presented here makes a fable into a fairy tale.  The change starts with having not just a standard male but a prince.  He and his cat are very much in love with each other.  He will not take any bride because of his intense love for his cat.  Because the cat keeps crying, an angel of love appears.  She will transform the cat but makes the cat promise to "change her whole nature."  The cat promises not to show any sign that she is a cat.  The artist suggests the transformation in a clever metamorphosis scene.  They meet and marry.  After a time, the princess cannot hide her real nature.  She scratches chairs and once surprises the prince by having a dead rat in her mouth.  She is transformed back before the prince can say anything.  The stated moral is "True nature cannot be easily concealed."  The moral page has a standard framework throughout this Series #2: a kitten painting a picture expresses the moral beneath a framed title of the fable.  There are problems with the English editing in this version, including this funny typo: "One day, an angle of love appeared."  The front-cover on both sides has symbols for Green Life publishing, Green Ocean paper, and yessoy ink.  The publisher's symbol seems to be two purple heads reading an open red book; it is repeated 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".