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“The Two Foxes and the Hot Rolls." A book of fairy-tale foxes: selections from favorite folk-lore stories, edited by Clifton Johnson, Boston: Houghton Mifflin; 1914, pp. 83-86.

The Two Foxes and the Hot Rolls

Tale Summary

Once upon a time there were two very hungry foxes, a small and a big one, lying along the edge of a woods near a roadway too weak and tired to try and find food. Then they spied a peasant girl coming out of the woods with a basket of hot rolls on her back, and the big fox thought of a way to trick her out of them. He had the smaller fox lay on the road and pretend to be dead, and while she put down her basket to bend down and scoop him up, the big fox ran by and snatched it away with the small fox in tow. It became clear that the big fox had no intention of sharing, and only stopped running when they reached a blacksmith’s shop, where they noticed one of the horses had a gold shoe with a name on the bottom. The big fox said he had never seen a name on a horseshoe before, and when he got closer to see, the horse kicked him, killing him, and the small fox made away with all the rolls.

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Fairy Tale Title

The Two Foxes and the Hot Rolls

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Edited by Clifton Johnson

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)Ìý

Frank A. Nankirell

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Tale Classification

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Page Range of TaleÌý

pp. 83-86

Full Citation of TaleÌý

“The Two Foxes and the Hot Rolls." A book of fairy-tale foxes: selections from favorite folk-lore stories, edited by Clifton Johnson, Boston: Houghton Mifflin; 1914, pp. 83-86.

Original Source of the Tale

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Tale Notes

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Research and Curation

Kaeli Waggener, 2023

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Book TitleÌý

A book of fairy-tale foxes: selections from favorite folk-lore stories

Book Author/Editor(s)Ìý

Edited by Clifton Johnson

Illustrator(s)

Frank A. Nankirell

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin

Date Published

1914

Decade PublishedÌý

1910-1919

Publisher City

Boston

Publisher Country

United States

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Book Notes

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