Lapin Plays Possum: Trickster Tales from the Louisiana Bayou (Lapin Series)

This series of trickster tales, stemming from African folklore, bears remarkable resemblance to the Deep South's Brer Rabbit. That's because Compere Lapin is his kissing cousin. In one form or another Lapin and Compere Bouki have been harassing each other for more than two centuries. Doucet's retelling of these popular stories is flavored with all the spice of a Cajun gumbo. Compere Lapin came into the world with nothing but a cypress splinter, and he never misses an opportunity to talk himself out of work. The only thing he does better is playing tricks on the large, dim-witted Bouki. Whether he becomes a parrain three times in one day, trading crops for roots and leaves or begging to be thrown into a fire, Lapin always has something up his sleeve, and Bouki is just gullible enough to believe it. "Full of sly wit and Cajun spice." -Scholastic.com The Louisiana version of Br'er Rabbit, Compe Lapin is a mischief maker determined to get the best of Compe Bouki. And Bouki is determined to turn the tables on the lazy critter who keeps tricking him out of his food and crops. But in a trio of stories that praises brains over brawn, this little rascal seems to come out ahead no matter what In a series on incidents, the rascal Lapin finds many different ways to outwit Compère Bouki IN A SERIES OF INCIDENTS, THE RASCAL LAPIN FINDS MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO OUTWIT CPMPERE BOUKI