Wide Mouth Frog Goes To The Zoo

Tired of eating the bugs his mother feeds him every day, a young wide mouthed frog visits the zoo to find out what other animal mothers feed their babies, discovering in the process that what is good for other animals is not necessarily good for wide mouthed frogs and, to his horror, that he himself would make the perfect meal for one animal in particular.

Tired of eating the bugs his mother feeds him every day, a young wide mouthed frog visits the zoo to find out what other animal mothers feed their babies, discovering in the process that what is good for other animals is not necessarily good for wide mouthed frogs and, to his horror, that he himself would make the perfect meal for one animal in particular.

Tired of eating the bugs his mother feeds him every day, a young wide mouthed frog visits the zoo to find out what other animal mothers feed their babies, discovering in the process that what is good for other animals is not necessarily good for wide mouthed frogs and, to his horror, that he himself would make the perfect meal for one animal in particular.

" . . . Dundes has produced a work which will be useful to both students and teachers who wish to broaden their understanding of modern folklore." —Center for Southern Folklore Magazine "It is impossible ever to remain unimpressed with [Dundes'] excursuses, however much one may be in disagreement (or not) with his conclusions." —Forum for Modern Language Studies Often controversial, Alan Dundes's scholarship is always provocative, perceptive, and intelligent. His concern here is to assess the material folklorists have so painstakingly amassed and classified, to interpret folklore, and to use folklore to increase our understanding of human nature and culture.

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