The five sparrows
Subtitle: a Japanese folktale
By: adapted by Patricia Montgomery Newton.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Atheneum
Published: 1982
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Folklore -- Japan.
Description: When a kindly old woman is richly rewarded for nursing a wounded sparrow back to health, a greedy neighbor attempts to emulate the old woman and brings trouble upon herself and her family.
Notes: "This story was adapted from Anthology of Japanese literature, compiled and edited by Donald Keene, published by Grove Press, Inc."--Verso t.p.