Here, in the companion volume to "Fables For Our Time", are 47 fables including "The Wolf Who Went Places", "The Bragdowdy and the Busybody", "The Human Being and the Dinosaur" and "The Peacelike Mongoose".
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Seller: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Franchi, Gilbert - Design (illustrator). 1978 Reprint. 174 Pages. Most pages are light tan but not brittle. "The noblest study of mankind is Man, say Man." But anyway he (Thurber, that is) here continues the study fooling no one by putting it in the form of fables. People who already know everything there is to know about people shouldn't bother reading this book. Others need it badly. The Sea and the Shore, The Truth About Toads, The Butterfly the Ladybug, and the Phoebe, The Foolhardy Mouse and the Cautious Cat, The Rose and the Weed, The Bat Who Got the Hell Out, The Lion and the Foxes, The Wolf Who Went Places, The Bluebird and His Brother, The Clothes Moth and the Luna Moth The Lover and His Lass, The Fox and the Crow, Variations on the Theme, The Bears and the Monkeys, The Father and His Daughter, The Cat in the Lifeboat, The Bragdowdy and the Busybody, The Human Being and the Dinosaur, The Hen Party, The Rose the Fountain and the Dove, The Bachelor Penguin and the Virtuous Mate, The Peacelike Mongoose, The Godfather and His Godchild, The Grizzly and the Gadgets, The Goose That Laid the Gilded Egg, The Trial of the Old Watchdog, The Philosopher and the Oyster, Tea for One, The Mouse and the Money, The Wolf at the Door, What Happened to Charles, The Daws on the Dial, The Tiger Who Would Be King, The Chipmunk and His Mate, The Weaver and the Worm, Two Dogs, The Lady of the Legs, The Kingfisher and the Phoebe, The Turtle Who Conquered Time, The Lion and the Lizard, The Tigress and Her Mate, The Magpie's Treasure, The Cricket and the Wren, The Crow and the Scarecrow, Ivory Apes, and People, Oliver and the Other Ostriches, and The Shore and the Sea. The above Thirty-seven fables originally appeared in The New Yorker. The following ten are printed here for the first time: The Sea and the Shore, The Lion and the Foxes, The Hen Party, The Bears and the Monkeys, The Chipmunk and His Mate, The Trial of the Old Watch Dog, The Godfather and His Godchild, Tea or One, The Lady of the Legs, and The Shore and the Sea. Seller Inventory # 20770
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