Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf

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The wolf tries hard to capture Polly and eat her but Polly is a quick thinking smart child who always gets away. Polly doesn’t modify her behaviour because the wolf is out to get her, she quite happily engages him in conversation, carries on with regular trips to her grandmother’s house, and only runs away at the very last minute. On the one hand the wold plays a victim role constantly in Polly's life, on the other hand he is still a predator and she can't afford to let her guard down for a minute. The stories, starting with the collection Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf (1955), feature a wolf trying to catch a little girl: the wolf, himself a fairy tale figure, takes his always impractical subterfuges from fairy tales, but is outmatched by Polly every time.

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It doesn't bring tears to your eyes and make you feel you understand life for the first time, like proper poetry. My seven-year-old’s favorite part was when the wolf tried to plant the vine (thinking it’d grow big enough overnight) to get to Polly’s window and my twelve-year-old liked how Polly fooled the wolf in the last story. Great fun for children who are familiar with their fairy tales or to help children see how problems and scary things might be overcome with a bit of thought and planning!In our favouritestory she tries to helpthe Wolf escape from the zoo and in another chapter she doesn’t seem particularly worried when the Wolf locks her in his house.

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When Polly opens the door and finds a large black wolf standing on the doorstep waiting to gobble her up, it's the wolf that has the surprise when Polly invites him in!Here is a quick description and cover image of book Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf written by Catherine Storr which was published in January 1, 1974. The wolf keeps coming up with elaborate plans to catch Polly, from disguising himself as the postman to playing a game of 'touch wood' with her (so long as she's touching the trees she's safe. More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. It consists of 12 chapters, each telling a different short story about a little girl and a wolf whose main desire is to eat her. She was born in Kensington, London, one of three children of a barrister, Arthur Frederick Andrew Cole (1883–1968), and his wife, Margaret Henrietta, born Gaselee (1882–1971).