A retelling of the folktale about the criollo cockroach who has many suitors but choses the gentlemanly mouse unaware of his weakness for food. At dinnertime during their first day of marriage, he cannot wait for the meal to be served and jumps into the boiling pot, subsequently dying.
- ISBN: 9780929157108
- Author: Ferre, Rosario
- Published: 1990 , Ediciones Huracan
- Themes: folktales, Humor, Insects and bugs, mouse
- Descriptors: Folklore and Fairy Tales, Primary (ages 6-9), Puerto Rico
- No. of pages: 24