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The barber's clever wife

Dhami, NarinderBandlow, Katja(Illustrated by)
Part of the White Wolves: Traditional Stories series
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This is comical retelling of an Indian legend from the Punjab, about a lazy barber and his quick-witted wife.

When the barber drives away all his customers with his slapdash techniques, his wife sends him to the king to seek financial help u or else theyAll starve.

The king provides them with a plot of barren land, but thanks to the clever wifeAs fertile imagination the coupleAs fortunes take a turn for the better.

But will her ingenuity be any match for the trickery of a persistent band of thieves, determined to cash in on the coupleAs new-found success?

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Product Details
A & C Black Publishers Ltd
0713668601 / 9780713668605
Paperback / softback
823.914
20/09/2004
United Kingdom
English
92 p. : ill.
20 cm
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Quiz No: 214611, Points 1.00, Book Level 4.50,
Middle Years - Key Stage 2 Learn More