The story that inspired 'Fiddler on the Roof', Tevye the Dairyman and Motl the Cantor's Son is the story of the Torah-quoting (or misquoting) father of seen daughters; Motl is the mischievous nine-year-old boy who accompanies his family from their Russian Shtetl to New York at the turn of the 20th century. Translated from the original Yiddish, Sholem Aleichem's classic stories of Tzeitl, Hodl, and Chava, and their life by Anatevka continue to bring smiles to the faces of readers. 376 pages, indexed, softcover.