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A little boy loses his mitten in the snow while gathering fire-wood. Some forest animals -starting with a mouse and getting larger - make the mitten their shelter from the cold.
I know I read into things quite a bit, and maybe I'm reading into this folk-tale too much, but since nobody else that I can see has mentioned it...
I'm wondering if the folk tale is symbolic of Ukraine itself. (I thought of this most when the bear showed up... in Eastern European jokes, the bear almost always represents Ru ...more
I know I read into things quite a bit, and maybe I'm reading into this folk-tale too much, but since nobody else that I can see has mentioned it...
I'm wondering if the folk tale is symbolic of Ukraine itself. (I thought of this most when the bear showed up... in Eastern European jokes, the bear almost always represents Ru ...more
My favorite version of The Mitten is now a favorite of my son.
