Awarded the Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished picturebookof 1971
"One fine day a fox traveled through the great forest. Whenhereached the other side he was very thirsty." The jaunty redfoxstole milk from an old farm woman, lost his tail under theannoyedwoman's knife, and spent the day bargaining to get it back.Thishumorous retelling of a favorite Armenian folktale is a storysmallchildren will follow and "read along" with ease.