Creighton University

This fable is like a cartoon comedy.  A leopard overhears a couple speaking of the deadly "leaking rain."  He hides in the barn, where he hears the approach of what he thinks is "leaking rain" but is really a thief trying to steal an ox.  The thief harnesses what he thinks is the ox and rides him out.  When both get to see what they are mated with, they run away in fright and never return to that village.  The stated moral is "One who is fearful out of foolishness will always lose his chances."  The moral page has a standard framework throughout this Series #7, with insects at the corners and a child in the center.  The editors struggle with punctuating quotations.  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 transformation of the usual fable about a fox in a well.  The well here becomes a pond, whose sides are steep and slippery.  The goat's question is whether the water is clean.  The fox's escape is not planned together with the goat, but rather a surprise step onto and off of the goat's horns.  The story concludes with the fox's usual remark, which applies as well to him as it does to the goat.  "You should have thought about it beforehand."  The art does very good work with facial expressions here, particularly the fox's as he goes through various experiences and emotions.  The stated moral is "Think before you act."  The moral page has a standard framework throughout this Series #7, with insects at the corners and a child in the center.  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".

In this version of the old fable, the wild cat comes by the tree where the boar and eagle have both lived as friends for a long time.  She sows the seeds of doubt in the other.  Fear of the other keeps both mothers at home and thus both sets of young to die of malnourishment.  The wild cat harvests the dead as her food.  The stated moral is "The gullible would easily become a victim of the cunning."  The moral page has a standard framework throughout this Series #7, with insects at the corners and a child in the center.  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".

There are a lot of characters in this version of a classic tale.  A hunter fatally wounds a young deer, who travels some distance before she dies.  A bear and a lion discover the carcass at the same time and soon fight over it.  While they are so concerned with each other, a fox grabs  the carcass and runs off with it.  The stated moral is "Quarrel never brings good to anybody."  The moral page has a standard framework throughout this Series #7, with insects at the corners and a child in the center.  There is a typo near the end of the text: "orther."  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 a variation of "The Lion and the Mosquito."  This version starts with the boasting of a proud tick.  He carries it out by maddening a lion and then exulting publicly.  This version loosens the connection between the tick's triumphing over the lion and his falling fatally into a spider's web: "One night the tick who was still jumping up and down joyfully did not see a spider's web behind him."  The stated moral is "One who is proud of himself will never be a true winner."  The moral page has a standard framework throughout this Series #7, with insects at the corners and a child in the center.  There are problems in the editing of this story, particularly with punctuating quotations.  The first sentence also has an unusual expression: "There was a tick who thought that he was the mightiest and quickest other animal."  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 starts as though it were an adaptation of 2P using pitchers instead of pots.  The presentation emphasizes the worth and dignity of the brass pitcher.  Flooding carries both away, and the brass pitcher seems to want to protect the ceramic pitcher.  However, the latter is saved by landing on some boxes.  The precious brass pitcher drowns.  I am not so sure that the "drowning" of a pitcher works in this version.  The stated moral is "Arrogance leads to destruction."  The moral page has a standard framework throughout this Series #7, with insects at the corners and a child in the center.  There are problems in the editing of this story, starting with the first page that describes the brass pitcher as "bright and shine."  The last sentence is "The brass pitcher which was heavy and proud of itself was finally and drowned."  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".