The Taill of the Paddok & the Mous
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Henryson, Robert
Parry, Mary
Parry, Nicholas
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1986
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The five watercolor illustrations here are simply wonderful! The cover shows the mouse and frog tied together in a weird sort of embrace. Succeeding illustrations show the mouse at the riverside, the frog and mouse on land, the kite holding the two from his perch, and (my favorite) the mouse and frog in the water with the kite swooping down. Henrisone's version of the fable is fun. Both creatures are female. There is a long discussion about judging character by outward appearance. About halfway through the fable (line 410) the frog is identified as foul, chattering for those who have only suspected that she is up to no good. The kite catches both by the string during the struggle and devours both. The moralitas inveighs against false companions and treats the fable allegorically (before referring those with questions to the Friars): the mouse is the soul, the frog the body, the water the world, and the kite death. I am very glad now that I got this book while I had the chance during my first hour in Glasgow.
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Nicholas and Marry Parry, Tern Press
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1382 (Access ID)