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Abstract

"Smart Renard the Fox." This is a twelve-page two-staple pamphlet offering four full-page colored illustrations and numerous black-and-white designs with the text. FC has good "before" and "after" full-page illustrations. From what I can pick up, a dog alerts Renard to the gold-egg-laying chicken, but Renard double-crosses the dog by eating the chicken. He also disappoints the farmer, who calls to the chicken in Renard's belly and gets an answer. The farmer cuts Renard open and kills him. Various animals duped by Renard dance for joy. The third colored picture has Renard with the chicken, and the fourth pictures the farmer admiring a golden egg. In between there is a lovely image in black-and-white of Renard with a distended tummy. I knew that there were variations in the Renard story, but this one surprises me! We just became the fifth library around the world to have this booklet!