The Lindworm and the Butterfly
or: The strange swap
The dragon is supposed to be a lindworm? Never ever! But what can he do, even if in his anger he eats the professor who claims such things. The Cabbage White, however, suffers from another reason: He is supposed to be a butterfly! Sick with fury the dragon lies in bed, while the Cabbage White wants to retreat to the desert and become a hermit. But luckily there is a simply solution after all that makes both of them happy...
Details
- Pages: 40
- First published in: 1981
- ISBN: 3522434951
- Edition: Picture Book
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Illustrator:
Manfred Schlüter, with music by Wilfried Hiller - Original publisher: Thienemann Verlag
- Translations:
- Chinese, Japanese, Norwegian, Spanish
Press Reviews
No press reviews available.Other Editions
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New Edition:
Der Lindwurm und der Schmetterling (The Lindworm and the Butterfly)
Thienemann Verlag, 32 pages 2005.
Radio Play
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Tranquilla Trampeltreu, die beharrliche Schildkröte
(Tranquilla Trampeltreu — The Persistent Turtoise)
Radio play by Michael Ende and Wilfried Hiller. Dt. Grammophon Junior (Universal), several editions. Together with: Der Lindwurm und der Schmetterling (The Lindworm and the Butterfly). Also avaible as MC.