greed

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greed

Ed & Fred Flea

1999
As his brother prepares to leave the dog they share, Fred the greedy flea pretends to have the flu in order to stay behind and have the whole dog, unaware of the fate that awaits him.

The little cat and the greedy old woman

1995
A little cat gets his revenge on a greedy old woman who will not share her special meal with him.

Little Miss Greedy

2010
After eating a very large breakfast, Little Miss Greedy goes to her cousin's to celebrate his birthday and brings him a nice surprise.

The meteor hunt =

La chasse au m?t?ore : the first English translation of Verne's original manuscript
2006
An English translation of Jules Verne's satirical and visionary novel in which a meteor of pure gold careens toward the earth, generating competitive greed among astronomers and chaos among nations obsessed with its trajectory.

The miser who wanted the sun

1984
When a miser refuses to pay a tailor a fair price for sewing a coat of gold, the tailor's family seeks revenge by offering the miser a chance to own the sun.

The seed

2001
A seed falls onto the boundary between two rival tribes of insects and provokes preparations for war, but a simple solution is growing while they prepare.

The great white man-eating shark

a cautionary tale
1989
Greedy to have the cove where he swims all to himself, Norvin, who looks a bit like a shark, pretends to be one, scaring off the other swimmers and leaving him in happy aquatic solitude--until he is discovered by an amorous female shark.

A penny a look

an old story
1989
Two brothers set out to capture a one-eyed man to display in the marketplace.

Bushbaby

1998
Above all else Bushbaby loves figs and must find a way to outwit Monitor, the fierce lizard that guards the tree where the most delicious ones grow.

Playhouse

2002
Rene asks her father and mother to build her a playhouse, a play barn, a play cow, and more, until finally her parents decide that they'd like to have a play Rene.

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