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How the Twelve Clever Brothers Got Their Feet Mixed Up

Story Stats

Rating: 4
Grade Level: 3, 4, 5
Page count: 5
Categories: Folk Tale, Fools, Humor

Author

Mirra
Ginsberg

Appeared in

The Twelve Clever Brothers and Other Fools

Story Summary

The twelve clever brothers sleep in a row on a cold winter's night, each warmed by the two adjacent brothers, except the two on the end. A neighbor gives them the simple solution to all put there feet together and sleep in a circle. Unfortunately they can't decide whose feet are whose.