Aesop's Fox
Aki Sogabe
Hardcover
(HMH Books for Young Readers, Aug. 2, 1999)
One summer morning, Fox awakens and begins his search for food. His travels take him to a vineyard, where the unreachable grapes are probably sour, and to a conversation with Rooster and Crow, during which flattery first fails but then succeeds. Fox meets--among others--foolish Donkey, wise Boar, vain Leopard, and shrewd Lion. With each meeting, Fox gains wisdom--until at the end of the day, falling asleep in the hollow of a tree, he says, βTime fixes everything.β And so it does.
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