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Fables for the Frivolous (Version 2) by Guy Wetmore Carryl (1873 - 1904)

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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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  2. THE PERSEVERING TORTOISE AND THE PRETENTIOUS HARE

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  3. THE PATRICIAN PEACOCKS AND THE OVERWEENING JAY

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  4. THE ARROGANT FROG AND THE SUPERIOR BULL

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  5. THE DOMINEERING EAGLE AND THE INVENTIVE BRATLING

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  6. THE ICONOCLASTIC RUSTIC AND THE APROPOS ACORN

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  7. THE UNUSUAL GOOSE AND THE IMBECILIC WOODCUTTER

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  8. THE RUDE RAT AND THE UNOSTENTATIOUS OYSTER

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  9. THE URBAN RAT AND THE SUBURBAN RAT

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  10. THE IMPECUNIOUS CRICKET AND THE FRUGAL ANT

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  11. THE AMBITIOUS FOX AND THE UNAPPROACHABLE GRAPES

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  12. THE VAINGLORIOUS OAK AND THE MODEST BULRUSH

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  13. THE INHUMAN WOLF AND THE LAMB SANS GENE

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  14. THE SYCOPHANTIC FOX AND THE GULLIBLE RAVEN

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  15. THE MICROSCOPIC TROUT AND THE MACHIAVELIAN FISHERMAN

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  16. THE CONFIDING PEASANT AND THE MALADROIT BEAR

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  17. THE PRECIPITATE COCK AND THE UNAPPRECIATED PEARL

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  18. THE ABBREVIATED FOX AND HIS SCEPTICAL COMRADES

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  19. THE HOSPITABLE CALEDONIAN AND THE THANKLESS VIPER

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  20. THE IMPETUOUS BREEZE AND THE DIPLOMATIC SUN

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