I enjoy reading folktales from different cultures. This book shows a story from Panama that sounds sort of familiar to some of the stories I know from my culture. I enjoy comparing the tales I hear.

This is a tale of a rabbit who is going up the mountain to visit his grandmother but along the way runs into some trouble. AS the rabbit is going up the mountain one predator after the next wants to eat him and each time he convinces them to let him go visit his grandma first so she can feed him. After he eats at his grandma he comes up with a plan to get down the mountain without getting eaten. He gets in a barrel and rolls down the mountain telling each animal that their is a fire so that they would run away and not eat him. He makes it home safety to his mom in the barrel. This story shows how their is always a solution in any situation you get in. ( )

This is a wonderful tale about a rabbit that is off to see his grand mother. The little rabbit goes on an adventure to get to his grandmothers house and along the way he runs into a few different animals that want to eat him for lunch. He runs into a tiger, a lion, and a fox. He fools them into letting him go by saying that they do not want to eat a skinny rabbit, wait till he comes back from eating all the food that his grandmother will give so he will be nice and fat. Then he comes back rolling in the barrel telling each of the animals that there is a fire so they would leave him alone and he rolls all the way back down the mountain until he is home again. ( )

Conejito, the little rabbit, is going to visit his aunt for a good meal, but along the way, there are others who want to turn him into their meal.

Little Conejito sets up the mountain to his aunt's house where he will be fed and fattened up. During his journey he meets some animals who want to eat him for lunch, what will Conejito do?