Ages 9-12 - 16 pages, 992 words | 9 minutes of reading | © Lirabelle, 2013, for the 1st publication - all rights reserved
This is the story of a poor man who has nothing to feed his three sons. So, the day he finds a gold coin, he runs to the market and buys a goat... Elisabeth Calandry's masterpiece, "La chèvre menteuse" (The lying goat) is a popular story that has been passed down by word of mouth for centuries. It appears in several reference works and one can read the versions collected by Charles Joisten, Henri Pourrat or the Serbian Vouk Karadijtch. Beyond its cruelty, it speaks of the power of the word and the damage caused by mistrust.
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