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overhear theirmasters plotting their dooms,Donkey,Dog,Cat,and Rooster set off tobecome musicians in Bremen.But theway is long and the animals becometired and hungry.A large house in thewoods looks like a good resting placeuntil they discover it's a robbers'den.What are the four friends to do?Theplot they cook up and the antics thatfollow are a sheer delight.  \nJane Yolen's tongue-in-cheekretelling of this favorite Germanfolktale and John Segal’s whimsicalminiature watercolors are a dynamitecombination.  \nBoston Puic Library  \nheU S 1 C 1 d n S0Bre m e n  \nA TALE FROM GER.MAy  \nRETOLD ByILLUSTRATED By  \n1J anc Yo1enJohn Segal  \n# oLEN\n\nSIMON &SCHUSTER BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERSAn imprint of Simon &Schuster Children's Publishing Division1230 Avenue of the Americas,New York,New York 10020  \nText copyright ◎1996 by Jane Yolen.Illustrations copyright ◎1996 by John Segal.All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form.SIMON &SCHUSTER BooKS FOR YoUNG READERS is a trademark of Simon &Schuster.Book design by Paul Zakris.The text for this book is set in I8-point Venetian.The illustrations are rendered in watercolor.Manufactured in the United States of America.First Edition  \n1098765432 I  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nYolen,Jane.  \nThe musicians of Bremen:a tale from Germany/retold by Jane Yolen;illustrated by John Segal.P·  cm.  \nSummary:Four animals who are no longer wanted by their masters set out to become musiciansin the town of Bremen,but along the way they encounter a den of thieves.  \nISBN 0-689-8050I-2  \n1.Fairy tales.2.Folklore—Germany.I.Segal,John,ill.II.Title.PZ8.Y78Mu I996  398.2'0943045—dc20 [E]  94-30732  \nFor Maddison Jane Piatt,happy first birthday,March 25—J.Y.  \nTo Joshua,with love  \n—J.S.  \nhere was once an old donkey whosebetter days were past.One day heoverheard his master tell the butcher,\"Bestcome for him tomorrow.\"So without waitingfor the next day to dawn,Donkey ran 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