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Witty
and wise tales from world traditions with Rob Parkinson
‘I'd
never realised that fables could be such fun. We love
it.' Jane
Jenkins
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IJ 104 £9.95 + p&p
Playing
time: 77 min
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Twenty
fabulous fables from around the world, updated and linked
together in racy, exciting style by storyteller and musician
Rob Parkinson, who also plays the many unusual instruments
used to frame the stories. These are fables as you never
heard them before - witty, wise, immediate and fantastic
at the same time, told with wry humour, infectious enthusiasm
and energy. Children will enjoy the marvellous imaginative
experience, absorbing some subtle lessons for life. Adults
will appreciate anew the beguiling wit and the many layers
of resonant and rewarding metaphor in these ancient teaching
tales, culled from some of the great treasuries of world
literary and oral tradition.
Track
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Four wise men (from the Indian Vetala
Tales) plus 2 sayings (Italian & Turkish)
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Heracles
& Quarrel (Aesop)
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The
Dog & the bone (Aesop) plus
The Girl & the mirror (joke - anon)
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The
red & the blue (West African)
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The
girl & the eggs (European)
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The
fox & the goat (based on Aesop)
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The
otters & the jackal (Jataka tales)
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The
cormorant & the star (anon)
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Catching monkeys (Indian trad.) plus
3 monkeys (riddle - anon) |
- The frogs & the snake (from the Indian
Panchantantra) plus saying (Arabian)
- The king who was loved (anon
European) plus saying (Persian)
- The 3 enchantresses & the forest
(West African dilemma tale)
- The oak & the reed (Aesop)
- The crow & the jug (Aesop)
- The boys & the vase (Chinese)
- The idol (based on Aesop)
- The ploughman & the tree
(based on Aesop)
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