The Gosling states his opinion of the cock
Date1877
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration Citation"The Crafty Fox," by Howard Pyle, in St. Nicholas, February 1877
MediumInk on illustration board
Dimensionssheet: 4 1/2 × 5 7/8 in. (11.4 × 14.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Willard S. Morse, 1923
Object number1923-83
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIn this tale, a fox infiltrates a poultry-yard, where he oberves the rivalries among the flock. Here, he smiles innocently as a gosling criticizes an annoyed-looking cock, who then attacks the startled gosling. The story goes on to relate how the fox lures the entire flock to a forest.. Pyle's final line sums up the result: “None of them ever returned again…yet it was rumored…that the crafty fox was subsisting entirely upon the little community." Stories featuring types such as a clever fox were typical of the moralizing children's literature of the time.
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