La vache qui pleure Martha helps out on harmonies. The production is more gutsy than in the past, the singing and playing are fine as ever, and the songs range from the thoughtful Ce Matin to Petites Boîtes, an unexpectedly refreshing reworking of the well-worn Little Boxes, the Malvina Reynolds song made famous by Pete Seeger." Also on April 15, 2005, Andy Gill of "The Independent" wrote: "Presumably named in opposition to the synthetic connotations of the French processed cheese, La Vache Qui Pleure (Crying Cow) features folksy arrangements of Acadian fiddles, accordions and banjos, with the sisters' harmonies adding an Enya-esque gossamer quality
Animal tale Animal tale An animal tale or beast fable generally consists of a short story or poem in which animals talk. It is a traditional form of allegorical writing. Important traditions in beast fables are represented by the "Panchatantra" and "Kalila and Dimna" (Sanskrit and Arabic originals), Aesop (Greek original), "One Thousand and One Nights" ("Arabian Nights") and separate trickster traditions (West African and Native American). The medieval French cycle of allegories, "Roman de Reynart" is called a beast-epic, with the recurring figure Reynard the fox. Beast fables are typically transmitted freely between languages, and often assume pedagogic roles: for example,