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Original title:
Wie schmeckt der Mond?
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Text and illustrations copyright © Michael Grejniec, 1993 English translation copyright © Jon Brokenbrow, 2010 This edition © Kalandraka Editora, 2011 Italia, 37 - 36162 Pontevedra Telf.: 986 860 276 editora@kalandraka.com www.kalandraka.com Printed by Gráficas Anduriña First edition: October, 2010 Second edition: December, 2011 ISBN: 978-84-8464-746-1 LD: PO 490-2010 All rights reserved
A TA S T E O F T H E M O O N
For a long time, the animals had wanted to find out what the moon tasted like. Was it sweet or salty? They only wanted to taste a little piece. At night, they longingly gazed up at the sky. They reached up and tried to catch it, stretching their necks, their legs and their arms. But however hard they tried, not even the biggest animal could reach it.
One day, the little tortoise decided to climb up the highest mountain so she could touch the moon.
From up there, the moon was closer; but the tortoise couldn’t reach it.
And so she called the elephant.