Item
The Dad, the Boy and the Donkey
- Title
- en_US The Dad, the Boy and the Donkey
- en_US Aesop's Awesome Rhymes
- en_US AAR 8
- Description
- en_US First printing
- Lou Kuenzler
- Creator
- en_US Kuenzler, Lou See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US Newton, Jill
- Date
- 2022-11-07T16:12:00Z
- 2021-11
- en_US 2012
- Date Available
- 2022-11-07T16:12:00Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 2012
- Abstract
- en_US Finding this eighth pamphlet means that we now have the full series. The choice of phases for this multi-phase fable is particularly interesting. For example, the advice of a neighbor overrides the dad's judgment: Jenny must go, and they must buy something driven by gas. They reject having Jenny pull a cart because the rich neighbor says that it will sweat her up. The three take off on foot and hoof. Here is a first chance for the scatological. The son encourages not walking behind Jenny because she has just had oats to eat. Their grocer derides them for not riding; a bully derides the son for riding; marathon runners deride the father for riding alone. A shepherdess then knocks them off of Jenny and demands that they carry her instead of the opposite. The farmer's being knocked off of Jenny provides for a second scatological moment: dad falls into poop and then Jenny, laughing, pees on him. After her plunge in the river, Jen swims away donkey paddle. "Know in your mind what you should do, then stick to it and see it through!" Rhyming couplets throughout. 48 pages. 5¼" x 8".
- Identifier
- en_US 12742 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US Orchard
- en_US London
- Subject
- One story: MSA See all items with this value
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection