Awarded the Caldecott Medalforthe most distinguished picture book of 1971 One fine day afoxtraveled through the great forest. When he reached the othersidehe was very thirsty. The jaunty red fox stole milk from an oldfarmwoman, lost his tail under the annoyed woman's knife, and spenttheday bargaining to get it back. This humorous retelling ofafavorite Armenian folktale is a story small children willfollowand read along with ease.

这是一则古老的亚美尼亚民间故事，特别适合孩子大声朗读。
　　一只调皮的狐狸无意间偷喝了一位老婆婆的牛奶，被恼羞成怒的老婆婆剪下了尾巴，要他用牛奶来交换，可是想得到牛奶并不那么容易，狐狸接下去都经历了什么事情呢？