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Dover Publications Inc. - Lions and lobsters and foxes and frogs | ennis rees

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• A new approach to the ancient fables of Aesop features charming rhymes and winsome images by a beloved illustrator
• Artist Edward Gorey sets the scenes for poet Ennis Rees's modern interpretation of Aesop's verses
• Which recount how animals with all-too-human failings receive their just desserts
• Memorable renderings of familiar and lesser-known vignettes include the fable of the industrious ant
• Who prepares for the hardships of the coming winter
• And the feckless grasshopper
• Whose laziness proves fatal
• A mighty lion is amused at the notion of a tiny mouse coming to his rescue
• A naive young crustacean admires the bright red shell of a boiled lobster
• And a swarm of flies are undone by their attraction to a pool of spilled honey