Pierre Coran is one of Belgium's most renowned poets who has been honored and has won most of Belgium's literary awards. His fables and children stories have been translated into more than a dozen languages and are published around the world. This amusing grouping of poems, though written to be enjoyed by children, are like all of Coran's fables meant to be understood and enjoyed by all ages. This bilingual, full color illustrated edition, is the third Coran book to be translated by renowned translator, Norman R. Shapiro.