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Fables for the Frivolous (Version 2)

by Guy Wetmore CARRYL (1873 - 1904)

THE CONFIDING PEASANT AND THE MALADROIT BEAR

Fables for the Frivolous is one of the earliest works by the American parodist Guy Wetmore Carryl. These fables are adapted from Jean de La Fontaine's original writings. The Aesop-style fables are written in verse, and are light-hearted re-tellings of fables from two centuries before, each ending with a moral and a pun. Among the more celebrated of the fables are The Persevering Tortoise and the Pretentious Hare, The Arrogant Frog and the Superior Bull, and The Sycophantic Fox and the Gullible Raven. ( from Wikipedia)

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THE ABBREVIATED FOX AND HIS SCEPTICAL COMRADES , THE HOSPITABLE CALEDONIAN AND THE THANKLESS VIPER , THE IMPETUOUS BREEZE AND THE DIPLOMATIC SUN , THE PRECIPITATE COCK AND THE UNAPPRECIATED PEARL