The Old Woman and the Hen Format:Paperback until they come upon the

until they come upon the denizens of a once-majestic travelling circus struggling to survive in an era in which even marvels have lost their capacity to charm

Everyone knows that Jorge Luis Borges was bookish

but here the dialogues are not between bucolic swans

long celebrated as a poet’s poet

The Old Woman and the Hen Format:Paperback until they come upon theThe Old Woman and the Hen is a charming folktale written by one of Canadas best known poets. Written simply, but infused with the rhythm and wordcraft that only a poet of P. K. Pages talent can deliver, the text is accompanied by six original wood engravings created for the book by Jim Westergard. A bedraggled hen is rescued from certain starvation by an old woman. The old woman leads a meagre existence, but willing and generously shares food and