Apr 29, 2018

Reading Notes: Brothers Grimm (Ashliman) Part B


Cat from Wikimedia

The Fox and the Cat

  • Cat and Mr. Fox met in the woods
  • Cat approached Fox in a friendly manner, mislead with tales of his intelligence
  • Mr. Fox was arrogant, however.
    • Called the Cat many great horrible names.
  • Mr. Fox demands to know what tricked Cat knows, but she only knows one.
    • She can save herself by jumping in trees.
  • Mr. Fox is unimpressed and teaches her a new way to escape dogs.
  • He is interrupted though by a pack of dogs and a hunter. 
  • Cat saves herself, but the fox gets caught by the dogs.
  • Cat pities Mr. Fox because in all those tricks he supposedly knew, he couldn't jump into a tree like she could.
Bibliography
Ashliman's Brothers Grimm Tales: The Fox and the Cat

1 comment:

  1. Hi, Erica!

    It's cool to see that this is a consistent style for your reading notes; I might have to try using more bullet points myself.

    Even without reading the whole story, I definitely appreciate this tale. It is so interesting to me to see how consistent the fox trope is, no matter the author. It seems like everywhere a fox is involved, he is "smart" but ultimately finds himself in trouble. Exploring the fox's characteristics across many different stories could make for a cool Storybook project!

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