Fables for the Frivolous (Version 2)
by Guy Wetmore CARRYL (1873 - 1904)
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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Fables for the Frivolous (Version 2):
THE ABBREVIATED FOX AND HIS SCEPTICAL COMRADES ,
THE CONFIDING PEASANT AND THE MALADROIT BEAR ,
THE HOSPITABLE CALEDONIAN AND THE THANKLESS VIPER ,
THE ICONOCLASTIC RUSTIC AND THE APROPOS ACORN ,
THE IMPECUNIOUS CRICKET AND THE FRUGAL ANT ,
THE IMPETUOUS BREEZE AND THE DIPLOMATIC SUN ,
THE INHUMAN WOLF AND THE LAMB SANS GENE ,
THE MICROSCOPIC TROUT AND THE MACHIAVELIAN FISHERMAN ,
THE PAMPERED LAPDOG AND THE MISGUIDED ASS ,
THE PRECIPITATE COCK AND THE UNAPPRECIATED PEARL ,
THE RUDE RAT AND THE UNOSTENTATIOUS OYSTER ,
THE SYCOPHANTIC FOX AND THE GULLIBLE RAVEN ,
THE UNUSUAL GOOSE AND THE IMBECILIC WOODCUTTER ,
THE URBAN RAT AND THE SUBURBAN RAT ,
THE VAINGLORIOUS OAK AND THE MODEST BULRUSH