The Old Man and His Door
- ISBN-10
- 1442014245
- ISBN-13
- 9781442014244
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-07-10
- Publisher
- Paw Prints
- Author
- Gary Soto
Description
Only an old man who is great at gardening but bad at listening to his wife would bring the door, la puerta, to a picnic instead of the pig, el puerco, in a traditional story of a wise-fool. Reprint.
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