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The kitten who cried dog

by Charlotte Guillain, Dawn Beacon

Cover of The kitten who cried dog

A simplified version of the familiar fable featuring a kitten who becomes bored with guarding a stack of toys and decides to cry "dog" and watch the villagers come running, until the day a dog is really there and no one answers his call. Includes a note on the history of the tale.

FablesFolkloreChildren's fictionCats, fictionDogs, fictionTruthfulness and falsehoodPictorial worksJuvenile fictionSincerity