Literature
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The Arrogant Frog and the Superior Bull by Guy Wetmore Carryl
The Arrogant Frog and the Superior Bull is a parody told in rhyme, of fables by La Fontaine and Aesop’s…
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The Impecunious Cricket and the Frugal Ant by Guy Wetmore Carryl
The Impecunious Cricket and the Frugal Ant is a parody told in rhyme, based on Aesop’s Fable, The Grasshopper and…
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The Impetuous Breeze and the Diplomatic Sun by Guy Wetmore Carryl
The Impetuous Breeze and the Diplomatic Sun is a parody told in rhyme, of Aesop’s Fable, The North Wind and…
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The Microscopic Trout and the Machiavellian Fisherman by Guy Wetmore Carryl
The Microscopic Trout and the Machiavellian Fisherman is a parody told in rhyme, of Aesop’s Fable, The Fisherman and the…
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The Persevering Tortoise and the Pretentious Hare by Guy Wetmore Carryl
The Persevering Tortoise and the Pretentious Hare is a parody told in rhyme, based on Aesop’s Fable, The Tortoise and…
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The Sycophantic Fox and the Gullible Raven by Guy Wetmore Carryl
The Sycophantic Fox and the Gullible Raven is a parody told in rhyme, of Aesop’s Fable, The Fox and the…
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The Unusual Goose and the Imbecilic Woodcutter by Guy Wetmore Carryl
The Unusual Goose and the Impecilic Woodcutter is a parody told in rhyme, based on Aesop’s Fable, The Goose and…
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The Urban Rat and the Suburban Rat by Guy Wetmore Carryl
The Urban Rat and the Suburban Rat is a parody told in rhyme, based on Aesop’s Fable, The Town Mouse…
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A Game of Fives by Lewis Carroll
Published in Lewis Carroll’s collection, Phantasmagoria and Other Poems (1869). Illustrated by Arthur B. Frost in the 1911 edition. “Inscribed…
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A Nursery Darling by Lewis Carroll
Carroll’s epigram to introduce The Nursery “Alice,” an 1889 edition of his most famous story with text adapted to “nursery…
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