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Madpac The Aesop's Fables Collection

2018? A Little Tale of The Lion & The Fox.  Text by Marilyn Messik.  Illustrations by Vanina Ilieva. Pamphlet.  Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire: The Aesop's Fables Collection:  Madpac Ltd.  $$3.02 from madpacbabies through Etsy, Jan., '19.

Here is a lovely little pamphlet that is one of a set of three.  Eight pages, 4" x 4".  Leonard the Lion is old and has to lure animals into his cave by complaining of a fever.  A rabbit and sheep let themselves be lured in and are thrown to the back of Leonard's cave.  Fenella the Fox is wiser.  Her traditional response about footsteps going in but not coming out angers Leonard so much that he forgets his "sick" pose and roars.  He becomes so distracted that the first two victims can run out of the cave and, like Fenella, run far away.  Lovely color work!  Madpac offers some matching fabric items for babies, like a swaddle.

2018? A Little Tale of the Fox & the Stork.  Text by Marilyn Messik.  Illustrations by Vanina Ilieva.  Pamphlet.  Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire: The Aesop's Fables Collection:  Madpac Ltd.  $3.02 from madpacbabies through Etsy, Jan., '19.

Here is a lovely little pamphlet that is one of a set of three.  Eight pages, 4" x 4".  This version of FS starts with Freddy the fox stealing a chicken and making a delicious stew out of it.   Cyril the stork happened to pay a visit as the stew was simmering.  Cyril smelled the stew and wondered what was cooking.  Freddy tried to shut the door but Cyril would not go away.  Eager to enjoy his stew, Freddy invited Cyril in.  "As he did, he had an idea, although it wasn't a very nice idea."  Freddy served the stew on large flat plates.  Cyril went away hungry, but first he had invited Freddy for the next evening's dinner.  Cyril made a great fish stew but served it in a tall narrow container.  "He did, of course, have a plate for when he had guests but he chose not to mention that to Freddy."  "Always behave towards others as you'd like them to behave towards you!"  Lovely color work!  Madpac offers some matching fabric items for babies, like a swaddle.

2018? A Little Tale of The Peacock & The Crane.  Text by Marilyn Messik.  Illustrations by Vanina Ilieva.  Pamphlet.  Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire: The Aesop's Fables Collection:  Madpac Ltd.  $3.02 from madpacbabies through Etsy, Jan., '19.

Here is a lovely little pamphlet that is one of a set of three.  Eight pages, 4" x 4".  Parker the peacock is conceited.  He "looks down his beak" at other birds, including Casper the Crane who happens by one day.  Parker shows off and even says "I expect you're pretty impressed with me, aren't you?"  It happens to be raining.  As he is about to take off, Casper says to Parker "But the fact is I can simply choose to leave all this rain behind me and I can follow the sun – whenever and however often I want."  Left alone, Parker "hung his head a little."  "Looking beautiful is never the most important thing in the world!"  Lovely color work!  Madpac offers some matching fabric items for babies, like a swaddle.

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