Abstract This nostalgic canister – from candy? – presents delightful colored presentations of MSA, TMCM, and "The Farmer and His Children" and pleasant silhouettes of FS and FG. The clothing in the first two colored segments is especially apt. When people ask what my favorite fable might be, I usually mention MSA, since it has been the story of so much of my life! What a delight this object is! Click on this canister's image to see all four sides presented! Imagine my surprise when I found this...

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Though reversed and changed, the WL illustration is derived, I believe, from Gustave Dore's version. I understand the French love for fables and for reminding themselves of them around the home. Still, would I want to be reminded of the wolf devouring the lamb every time I reached for sugar?