The Cow of No Color: Riddle Stories and Justice Tales from Around the World PDF
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THE COW @ Nina Jaffe Steve Zeitlin .i<lle Stories an^ Ju^stice^Tales^from WorU 'ouna tlie :tures by Whitney Sherman $15.95 CAN $22.95 In Ghana, they say, there was once a kingwhofehthreatened bythepowerof Nunyala, awisewomanwho hved in his land. He decided to put her to a test she could not possibly pass. ''Bring me a cow of no color,'' he demanded, ''or I will put you to death.'' The wise woman thought and thought, and then sent a message to the king. It saved her life. What could she have said? And what would you come up with in her place?* The Cow ofNo Color is a collection of E stories from throughouttheworld, all of which turn on a question of justice. After the authors describe the problem, they leave it to you to solve, and then tell you the answer as it appears in the original tale. The authors of the multiprize- 1 winning book While Standing on One Foot have again brought us a special treat: stories from Asia and Africa, Europeand Mexico, and evenAmerican playgrounds and courts oflaw. All show that there is nothing more fun, or more important, thanfiguringoutwhatisfair. *For the answer in the tale, turn topage 13. " .. jBi "ft '" ' V- Wtl 1 ^^ '..^ertvofthe 1^0 iw.^s-- ;-..,:.,r5G Uterss«t' Saidofthisinf^aisis^'^^--^ The Cow 01 No Color THE COW Riddle Stories and Justice Tales from Around World tlie Mn<2]ajje and Steve Zeitlin Pictures by Whitney Sherman t-* Henry Holt and Company New York po — FT SB BR J JAFFE N ?W(5i^i'f?<^^ HenryHoltandCompany,Inc.,Publisherssince1866 llSWest18thStreet,NewYork,NewYork10011 HenryHoltisaregisteredtrademarkofHenryHoltandCompany,Inc. Textcopyright©1998byNinaJaffeandSteveZeitlin Illustrationscopyright©1998byWhitneySherman Allrightsreserved. PublishedinCanadabyFitzhenry&WhitesideLtd., 195AllstateParkway,Markham,OntarioL3R4T8. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Jaffe,Nina. Thecowofnocolor:riddlestoriesandjusticetales fromaroundtheworld / byNinaJaffeandSteveZeitlin. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferences. Summary:Ineachofthesestories,collectedfromaround theworld,acharacterfacesaproblemsituationwhich requiresthathemakeadecisionaboutwhatisfairorjust. — 1.Children'sstories. [1.Fairness Fiction. 2.Justice Fiction. 3.Shortstories.] I.Zeitlin,StevenJ. II.Title. PZ5.J256Co 1998 [Fie]—dc21 98-14167 ISBN0-8050-3736-5 / FirstEdition—1998 DesignedbyMarthaRago PrintedintheUnitedStat1eso2fA3mer4ica5on6aci7d-f8ree9paper,oo 10 2 2 1999 H BOSTOH BRANCH — The authors are grateful tothe many people friends, colleagues, story- — tellers, and scholars who helped makethiscollection possible. Some of these people are noted in story introductions and source notes, but we would especially like to thank Rabbi Edward Schecter, Judith Gleason, MaiVo-Dinh,andYamiVangforstorysourcesandreferences. Weare indebted to Li Chi Ho, Lisa Lindsay, Rachel Kramer, Dorian — Segure, and Mark Stein teachers and graduate students at Bank Street — CollegeofEducation forinvaluableassistanceinresearchandrevisions; toAmandaDarganandthestaffofCityLoreforbeingoncall;tofolklorist lianaHarlowandherfather, RabbiJulesHarlow,forpassingonmidrashic commentaryaboutjusticeandmercy; toSamSchragerforsharinghisre- searchonstorytellingbytriallawyers; andespeciallytoJonathanMoore, whoseworkasadefenselawyerandinterestinthepoweroffolktaleswasa keyinspirationforthisbook. Manythanks are due to our editor, Marc Aronson, forcontributing a story, for his gentle but persistent nudging, and for his insights; to our — agent, Carla Glasser; and especially to our children Ben and Eliza — Zeitlin, and LouisJaffeArmistead whoalwaysasktherightquestions. Digitized by tine Internet Arcliive in 2011 littp://www.arcliive.org/details/cowofnocolorridOOjaff
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