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De Krekel en de Mier Tekst en illustraties: Annelie van Steenbergen Wat zouden we moeten zonder kunst en cultuur? Het antwoord op deze retorische vraag wordt vooral duidelijk in oorlogssituaties. In stabiele samenlevingen worden kunstwerken vaak gezien als een luxeproduct, maar zodra ze vernietigd of verboden worden blijkt hoe essentieel ze zijn. Met de destructie […]
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The Man and the Snake Annelie van Steenbergen, text and illustrations November 2025 Turtles and snakes are not on the so-called list of pets and hobby animals. Since July 1, 2024, only mammals that are on that list may be bought, kept, or sold. Turtles and snakes are not mentioned, as they are not mammals.
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Two Dogs Annelie van Steenbergen, text and illustrations Our country has thousands of homeless people, including an increasing number of women and young people.[1] Can you imagine having to live under the bare sky like that? Or worse, that you are about to give birth and have no place to shelter and get proper care?
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The Wolf and the Crane Annelie van Steenbergen, text and illustrations In most fairy tales, fables and folk tales in Western culture, the wolf is the bad guy. Nothing is more satisfying than blaming this creature for your own misdeeds or stupidity. Think of the naive Little Red Riding Hood who ignores her mother’s advice
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The Lion, the Cow, the goat and the sheep Annelie van Steenbergen, text and illustrations ‘The righteous are bold as a lion. It is not good for a poor person to associate with rich rulers, for the powerful are never fair to the poor.’ That is the moral of the sixth fable [1] of Aesopus,
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The Dog and the Meat Annelie van Steenbergen, text & illustrations ‘It happened that a dog had got a piece of meat in his mouth and, on his way home, walked across a plank with water underneath it.’ This is the first sentence of a fable of only four sentences by the Greek narrator Aesop
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Life Lessons from Mole, Fox and Horse Based on a story by Charlie Mackesy Retold by Erfan Pourmohammadi Charlie often feels alone in life, until he comes across Mole who seems particularly passionate about pie. The two start a friendship; and when Charlie opens up about his fears, Mole manages to reassure him with his
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Nanzi ku e kolebra Barbakiná ― Nanzi and the snake Barbakiná Nilda Pinto From: Pinto, N. (2018, 1st edition). Kuenta di e araña Kompa Nanzi; Stories of the spider Kompa Nanzi. Curaçao: Fundashon Instituto Raúl Römer. (p. 92-97) Koma Barbakiná tabata pepe di Pegasaya, e yu mas chikitu di Kompa Nanzi. Tur ora e madrina
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Ananse and Crocodile Ewe/ Akan people story from the Volta region in Ghana Told by Kofi Dorvlo Ananse and the crocodile were friends and they contributed their quota to the development of the village in which they reside. The inhabitants in the village found crocodile to be good at block laying and entrusted most of
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