laziness

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laziness

The laziest boy in the world

1998
When Xiaolong devises a way to capture the thief who breaks into his family's home, all the people in the Chinese village change their minds about the "lazy" boy.

The little gray bunny

2013
In this version of "The Little Red Hen," set at a farm, the other animals eat and play while the little gray bunny does all the chores in the barn, until one day he teaches them a lesson about laziness.

Three monsters

2007
Two lazy monsters are happy to live in their rock-strewn place between the jungle and the sea until a yellow-monster comes along looking for a new place to live.

Bubba and Babba

based on a Russian folktale
1976
Two lazy bears go to great lengths to avoid work, especially around the house.

Aunt Nancy and Cousin Lazybones

1998
When Cousin Lazybones comes to visit Aunt Nancy but refuses to help with any of the work around the house, she must figure out a scheme to get rid of him.

Rudyard Kipling's How the camel got his hump

the graphic novel
2012
This graphic novel adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's tale relates how a djinn punished the camel's laziness by giving him a hump.

Shlemazel and the remarkable spoon of Pohost

2006
A retelling of an Eastern European tale in which Shlemazel, the laziest man in town, is tricked into believing that the lucky spoon given to him by a neighbor will bring him fortune and fame, if it is used in the right way.

Lazy lion

1990
A lazy and demanding lion orders the animals of his kingdom to build him a house before the Big Rain comes.

The goat-faced girl

a classic Italian folktale
2009
When Isabella, a beautiful but lazy young woman, agrees to marry an equally lazy prince, the sorceress who raised her gives her the head of a goat in hopes that she will learn to do things for herself.

See you later, procrastinator!

(get it done)
2008
Offers practical strategies for children who procrastinate.

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