Fables for the Frivolous


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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 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. (Summary written by Chriss) (0 hr 52 min)

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The Arrogant Fox and the Unapproachable Grapes 2:35 Leído por chriss the girl
The Persevering Tortoise and the Pretentious Hare 2:22 Leído por Khoa Tran
The Patrician Peacocks and the Overweening Jay 2:43 Leído por Peter Katt
The Arrogant Frog and the Superior Bull 2:07 Leído por Noam Yogev
The Domineering Eagle and the Inventive Bratling 2:40 Leído por David Barnes
The Iconoclastic Rustic and the Apropos Acorn 2:43 Leído por Betsie Bush
The Unusual Goose and the Imbecilic Woodcutter 2:11 Leído por Noam Yogev
The Rude Rat and the Unostentatious Oyster 2:38 Leído por Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Urban Rat and the Suburban Rat 2:11 Leído por chriss the girl
The Impecunious Grasshopper and the Frugal Ant 2:32 Leído por Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
The Pampered Lapdog and the Misguided Ass 2:23 Leído por Joyce Nussbaum
The Vainglorious Oak and the Modest Bullrush 2:36 Leído por Joyce Nussbaum
The Inhuman Wolf and the Lamb Sans Gene 2:35 Leído por Gesine
The Sycophantic Fox and the Gullible Raven 2:51 Leído por David Barnes
The Microscopic Trout and the Machiavellian Fisherman 3:29 Leído por Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
The Confiding Peasant and the Maladroit Bear 2:39 Leído por David Barnes
The Precipitate Cock and the Unappreciated Pearl 1:54 Leído por Justine Young
The Abbreviated Fox and His Sceptical Comrades 2:25 Leído por Joyce Nussbaum
The Hospitable Caledonian and the Thankless Viper 2:22 Leído por Gesine
The Impetuous Breeze and the Diplomatic Sun 4:25 Leído por Denny Sayers (d. 2015)