The Story of Little Black Sambo was a story that an English woman told her two daughters in India. This story is about a young boy who is given nice clothes, but loses them to tigers that are trying to eat him. He ends up getting his clothes back when the tigers begin to fight over who the “grandest” tiger is. As the tigers fight they melt into butter. Black Jumbo (his father) brings Black Mumbo (his mother) the butter to use to make pancakes, which they all eat and enjoy. The illustrations in this story initially caught my eye. The characters in this story actually looked like human beings instead of the creature-like and monster looking characters in The Coon Alphabet. I am not arguing that these characters were drawn in the most beautiful way or to look the most attractive, but they were clearly human beings. The ending of the story was also a positive ending for the young boy. Even though he goes through a tough journey and almost loses everything he is given, he ends up getting everything back and is safe at home enjoying the pancakes. This is very different from The Coon Alphabet where almost every character has something disastrous happen to them. While I do not believe these characters were shown in the best light, it was a much less disturbing and racist story than some of the others we have read throughout the semester.