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The Ass in the Lion's Skin

Осел в львиной шкуре

Lev Tolstói en Yásnaia Poliana (1908)
byLeo Tolstoy

Fable. Part of the Azbuka cycle (1872–1875), the primers Tolstoy wrote for peasant children, included in the Second Russian Reader (1875). An ass puts on a lion's skin and frightens everyone until the wind reveals what it is and people beat it.

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Version of a fable by Aesop.

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  • Толстой, Л. Н. Собрание сочинений в 22 томах. Moscú: Judózhestvennaia literatura, 1978–1985 (índices de los tomos 1–22 en la Biblioteca Virtual Rusa, RVB; el t. 10, de 1982, recoge los relatos de la Nueva Azbuka y de los cuatro Libros rusos de lectura).

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