The Old Woman and the Hen

Page, P. K.

ISBN 10: 0889843090 / ISBN 13: 9780889843097

Edité par Porcupine's Quill, 2008

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Reproduction of six original wood engravings by Westergard. 32 pages.

N° de réf. du vendeur 014905

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Old Woman and the Hen
• Éditeur: Porcupine's Quill
• Date de parution: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0889843090
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780889843097
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Illustrateur: Jim Westergard
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Canadian Fiction
  • Canadian Poetry

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Synopsis

A bedraggled hen is rescued from certain starvation by an old woman. The old woman leads a meagre existence, but willing and generously shares food and water with the hen. The hen, it turns out, is capable of laying crystal eggs which reveal within its shell visions of future disasters. The woman attempts to warn her neighbours of an impending flood, but is ridiculed and mocked by the whole village. She then faces further threats from a young hoodlum who imagines that the hen might provide him with riches garnered by selling its crystal eggs. Unwilling to lose the hen -- her only friend -- but also rather unwilling to give up the egg, the old woman again sees another vision in the egg which helps her determine that the best course is to give up the egg. In spite of her now homeless state, the old woman never loses faith; she believes firmly in the ability of the hen to bring her luck. And indeed the folktale ends with the fulfilment of the old woman's dreams.