Folktales from Around the World
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The town of Hamelin is overrun with rats, but when the Pied Piper who gets rid of them is refused payment he takes the children away from their greedy parents.
In Siberia, Fedya the frog convinces a flock of Squawk ducks to give her a ride when they fly south, but her determination to let people know the flight was her idea nearly costs Fedya her life. Includes notes about folk tales and about Russia.
Medio Pollito is born with only one eye, one wing, and one foot, and his eleven fellow hatchlings are happy to take care of him, but when he sets out on his own looking for fun he gets in trouble and learns the value of helping others. Includes notes.
A silly man named Bouki, believing that the old man who passed by is a true fortune teller, asks when he will die, then behaves as if the prediction has come true. Includes notes about Bouki tales and Haiti.