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.

這是一則古老的亞美尼亞民間故事，特別適合孩子大聲朗讀。
　　一只調皮的狐貍無意間偷喝了一位老婆婆的牛奶，被惱羞成怒的老婆婆剪下了尾巴，要他用牛奶來交換，可是想得到牛奶并不那么容易，狐貍接下去都經歷了什么事情呢？