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As always, however, little triumphs over big and brains bewilder brawn in three new larger-than-life Lapin tales full of sly wit and Cajun spice  perfectly captured in Scott Cooks impish, irreverent pictures.Lapin may be small, but when the smarts were handed out, he got himself an extra helping. As fans of this picayune prankster know, Size aint everything in this world. Its what you do with what you got that matters!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobody is as good at being bad as Lapin!As long as there are fools to be fooled, Lapin figures he might as well do the fooling. He cant resist playing tricks on Bouki any more than he can turn down King Cake at Mardi Gras. 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