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The Wise Men of Chelm and the Foolish Carp (Paperback)
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The Wise Men of Chelm and the Foolish Carp (Paperback)
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List price R307
Loot Price R249
Discovery Miles 2 490
You Save R58 (19%)
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When Chelm community leader, Gronam Ox, is given a live carp in
honour of his great wisdom, he is delighted. He knows, of course,
that eating the brain of a carp increases wisdom and that the size
of the tail is indicative of the size of the brain. But when the
carp uses that very tail to slap him across the face - in what can
only have been a deliberate act - Gronam Ox is shocked. Surely no
Chelm carp would have behaved in such an appalling manner. There is
nothing else for it; the carp must be punished. While Gronam Ox
ponders the most fitting punishment, the carp is fed and looked
after in a large tub of water stationed in the town centre. It is
essential that the carp survives until the day of judgement but
Gronam Ox's deliberations are taking quite some time. The carp
grows fatter and fatter until finally, many months later, Gronam Ox
arrives at an apt sentence - one so clever that all the people of
Chelm flock to see it exacted. The carp must be drowned. Written
for children by the master storyteller, and former Nobel Laureate,
Isaac Bashevis Singer, this classic Yiddish folktale is infused
with his signature humour, warmth and wisdom. This beautifully
illustrated new publication will bring the famously foolish people
of Chelm to life for a new generation of children.
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