The fairy tales of Jiří Mahen, a classic of children's literature, bring stories to make you laugh and think. They are about animals and their relationships with each other, but also about humans as they appear to animals. The main narrator, a clever fox, guides young readers through the world of animals with humor and due seriousness. The fairy-tale world often resembles the human world in many ways. In his stories, Jiří Mahen is based on the classic fairy tales of Karel Jaromír Erben, Božena Němcová, the Brothers Grimm and other important authors. The fairy tales were accompanied by illustrations by Mahen's loyal friend Josef Lada.