The Fox and the Hedgehog

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Tales of Laughter

by Kate Douglas WIGGIN (1856 - 1923)

Time to exercise your funny bone. This fun collection of stories from around the world will make children of all ages smile and chuckle. A LAUGHING SONG When the greenwoods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit, And the green hill laughs with the noise of it; When the meadows laugh with lively green, And the grasshopper laughs in the merry scene; When Mary and Susan and Emily With their sweet round mouths sing “Ha, ha, he!” When the painted birds laugh in the shade, Where our table with cherries and nuts is spread; Come live and be merry and join with me To sing the sweet chorus of “Ha, ha, he!” William Blake. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

Listen next episodes of Tales of Laughter:
The Fox and the Cat , A Dreadful Boar , A Son of Adam , Battle of the Monkey and the Crab , Belling the Cat , Bruin and Reynard Partners , Bruno's Story , Chin-Chin Kobamama , Discreet Hans , Doctor Know-All , Father Bruin in the Corner , Gudbrand on the Hillside , Hans in Luck , Harisarman , Henny Penny , Hereafterthis , How Reynard Outwitted Bruin , How the Sun, the Moon, and the Wind Went Out to Dinner , How to Tell a True Princess , How Two Beetles Took Lodgings , Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Leary , It is Quite True , Jack and the King who was a Gentleman , Johnny-Cake , King Thrush-Beard , King Wren , Little Tuppen , Manabozho and his Toe , Master of All Masters , Nanny Who Wouldn't Go Home to Supper , Old Sultan , One's Own Children Always Prettiest , Pork and Honey , Reynard and Chanticleer , Reynard Wants to Taste Horse-Flesh , Scrapefoot , Seven at One Blow , Singh Rajah and the Cunning Little Jackals , Sir Gammer Vans , The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet , The Alligator and the Jackal , The Blind Man, the Deaf Man and the Donkey , The Bluebottle Who Went Courting , The Box with Something Pretty in it , The Cat and the Mouse , The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership , The Cock and the Crested Hen , The Cock, the Cuckoo and the Black-Cock , The Cub's Triumph , The Darning-Needle , The Death of Chanticleer , The Disappointed Bear , The Elves and the Shoemaker , The Fair Catherine and Pif-Paf Poltrie , The Family Servants , The Farmer and the Money-Lender , The Farmer and the Troll , The Fisherman and His Wife , The Five Servants , The Flail Which Came From the Clouds , The Fox and the Horse , The Fox Turned Shepherd , The Giant and the Tailor , The Giant's Shoes , The Golden Goose , The Golden Key , The Greedy Cat , The Happy Family , The Hare and the Fox , The History of the Seven Families of Lake Pipple-Popple , The Lad and the Fox , The Ladle that Fell from the Moon , The Lambikin , The Little Shepherd Boy , The Magpie and Her Children , The Magpie's Nest , The Money-Box , The Moon-Cake , The Most Frugal of Men , The Musicians of Bremen , The Nail , The Nose-Tree , The Old Man and the Devils , The Old Woman and Her Pig , The Old Woman and the Fish , The Old Woman and the Tramp , The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumplings , The Pancake , The Princess Whom Nobody Could Silence , The Race Between Hare and Hedgehog , The Selfish Sparrow and the Houseless Crows , The Seven Boys and the Monster , The Seven Swabians , The Shreds , The Silly Jelly-Fish , The Sole's Mouth , The Spider and the Flea , The Story of Little Black Mingo , The Story of the Four Little Children Who Went Round the World , The Story of the Three Little Pigs , The Story of Zirac , The Sweet Soup , The Tail , The Three Brothers , The Three Goats , The Three Luck-Children , The Three Sillies , The Three Sluggards , The Tongue-Cut Sparrow , The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse , The Wee, Wee Mannie , The Wise Men of Gotham , The Wolf and the Fox , The Wolf and the Seven Kids , The Wonderful Mallet , The Wonderful Tea-Kettle , The Wren and the Bear , The Young Giant , The Young Head of the Family , Three Ways to Build a House , Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse , Tom Tit Tot , Wee Robin's Yule-Song , Well Done: Ill Paid , Why the Bear has a Stumpy Tail , Why the Fish Laughed , Why the Sea is Salt , Young Neverfull