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Mumbly the toothless anteater or The elusive fairy tale 
Patakis, 2007 

Fafagos, o fafoutis mirmigofagos

ISBN 978-960-16-2398-6
Illustrations: Despoina Karapanou

Mumbly, is a baby anteater who begins life following his mother’s selfish advice to search out ever more and fatter ants to eat. But as he grows up and becomes responsible he perceives a very basic truth: that every ant he meets on his journey to the land of the elusive fairy tale is a creature deserving his respect, with as much right to life as he. And putting his brain to work to help his conscience, he follows the example of the bees and learns to live on nectar sucked from flowers without destroying them. When he falls in love with an anteater princess, instead of being tempted back to his old ways he succeeds in making his beloved join him in respecting life.

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