The Judge: An Untrue Tale

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"One after another five prisoners before the bench beg to be released on the grounds that they did not know they were breaking the law they only reported what they saw...Told in wonderfully humorous illustrations and verse with an ending that is a perfect climax to the suspenseful buildup."-Starred Booklist A horrible thing is coming this way Creeping closer day by day-- Its eyes are scary Its tail is hairy... I tell you Judge we all better pray! Anxious prisoner after anxious prisoner echoes and embellishes this cry but always in vain. The fiery old Judge impatient with such foolish nonsense calls them scoundrels ninnyhammers and throws them all in jail. But in the end Justice is done--and the Judge is gone. Head first! Harve Zemachs cumulative verse tale is so infectious that children wont be able to avoid memorizing it. And Margot Zemachs hilarious pictures are brimming with vitality as well as color.