It Could Be Worse. Jewish Folk Tale

The book was awarded the Randolph Caldecott Prize and Medal, which are awarded annually in America to the best illustrated books for children, and which were named after the 19th century English artist.
This wonderful Jewish folk tale has become a common story, a popular joke in many different countries.
One day a poor man came to the rabbi to complain about his hopeless life and ask what to do to make it a little easier. And he received very strange advice from the rabbi...
A wonderful children's book with funny illustrations tells an instructive story about how everything is learned through comparison.
Margot Tsemakh is an American writer and artist who has won the Randolph Caldecott Award several times for the best illustrated books for children.
Appeal to parents
There are stories in the world that everyone seems to know. Or rather, all adults. But sooner or later the time comes to tell them to children, because these stories are simple, funny and instructive. One of them is before you.
It is so simple that it can be retold very briefly: a poor man, on the advice of a wise rabbi, brings various animals and birds into his poor tiny hut, because of which his whole family's life becomes worse and worse, and then he takes them out one by one, because of which life becomes better and better.
It's funny: everyone knows in advance that events will take an unexpected turn, and when it does, we smile with relief.
It is instructive: you must be able to rejoice in what you have, what was sent to you from above, because, as everyone guesses, there could be worse…
For parents to read to their children.