书名：Chanticleer and the Fox公鸡羌得克立和狐狸
难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数AD840L
读者对象：4-8岁
作者：Geoffrey Chaucer乔叟（著），Barbara Cooney（绘）
出版社名称：HarperCollins
出版时间：1982
语种：英文
ISBN：9780064430876
商品尺寸：19.4 x 0.5 x 25.4 cm
包装：平装
页数：44
Chanticleer and the Fox《公鸡羌得克立和狐狸》是英国作家乔叟写的动物寓言故事，收录在《坎特伯雷故事集》一书中。《坎特伯雷故事集》描写一群朝圣者聚集在伦敦一家小旅店里，准备去坎特伯雷城朝圣。店主人建议朝圣者们在往返途中各讲两个故事，看谁讲得好。故事集包括了24个故事，《公鸡羌得克立和狐狸》的故事由女修道院长的教士讲述，-是一则关于狡猾的狐狸和虚荣的公鸡的动物寓言。乔叟把一个陈旧的寓言故事转化成一出现实主义的喜剧，内容丰富多彩，语言生动活泼，雅俗共赏。
本书为英文原版图画本，由Barbara Cooney绘画，获1959年凯迪克金奖。大开本，适合亲子阅读。

King of the barnyard, Chanticleer struts about all day. When a fox bursts into his domain, dupes him into crowing, and then grabs him in a viselike grip, Chanticleer must do some quick thinking to save himself and his barnyard kingdom.
Winner, 1959 Caldecott Medal
Notable Children’s Books of 1940–1970 (ALA)
Winner, 1992 Kerlan Award

Review
“The familiar fable of the vain cock and the shrewd fox skillfully adapted and presented in picture-book form. The excellent story-telling, the beautiful pictures with their rich, sparkling colors and authentically detailed medieval background, and the clean-looking handsomely designed format make this a truly distinguished book.” —BL.
公鸡羌得克立与7只母鸡住在一位克勤克俭的寡妇院子里。一天凌晨，公鸡从噩梦中惊醒。他梦见一只野兽潜伏在草丛里伺机要咬死他。他宠爱的母鸡帕特立特讥笑他胆小如鼠，认为男子汉大丈夫应该敢于蔑视一切，有胆有识，劝他不必把梦放在心上。可公鸡举了很多例子说明，人在遭厄运之前都曾在梦中得到预兆。比如：有两人因找不到旅店，一人不得不投宿牛棚。夜里，另一人两次梦见宿牛棚的朋友向他求救。他未加理会。第三次做梦时，朋友告诉他自己已被贪图金钱的马夫谋害，恳请他第二天清早拦住一辆粪车，他的尸体就藏在粪车底层。事实果然证实了梦中的景象。后来谋杀者被揭露并受绞刑。又如：有两人要乘船远航，因为风向不对，被迫耽误一天。就在这天夜里，其中一人梦中得到警告：第二天不要出海，否则会淹死。他的同伴听后不以为然，坚持动身。后来果然遇难。公鸡说完这些可怕的事情，又自我宽慰了一番。等天一亮，他如平日一样与母鸡们觅食寻欢，早把昨夜的担惊受怕抛在脑后。突然间，他发现躲在草丛里的狐狸，不禁大惊失色。正要拔腿逃跑，狐狸叫住他，说自己是专门来欣赏公鸡的歌声的。一番奉承话说得公鸡心花怒放。他刚摆好姿势准备引吭高歌，狐狸冲上前咬住他的颈项，急步向窝奔去。母鸡们慌乱的哭叫声引来了寡妇和她的两个女儿。众人带着棍棒协力追赶。公鸡见状，对狐狸耍了个花招，从他嘴里挣扎出来，侥幸地逃脱了厄运。
Often referred to as the father of English poetry, Geoffrey Chaucer was a fourteenth-century philosopher, alchemist, astrologer, bureaucrat, diplomat, and author of many significant poems. Chaucer’s writing was influential in English literary tradition, as it introduced new rhyming schemes and helped develop the vernacular tradition—the use of everyday English—rather than the literary French and Latin, which were common in written works of the time. Chaucer’s best-known—and most imitated—works include The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, The Book of the Duchess, and The House of Fame.

Like Miss Rumphius, the late Barbara Cooney traveled the world, lived in a house by the sea in Maine, and, through her art, made the world more beautiful.