Item
The Gnat and the Bull: An Illustrated Aesop Fable Retold in Rhyme
- Title
- en_US The Gnat and the Bull: An Illustrated Aesop Fable Retold in Rhyme
- Description
- T.H.
- Creator
- en_US T.H. See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US Various
- Date
- 2025-05-20T17:10:37Z
- 2025-02
- en_US 2023
- Date Available
- 2025-05-20T17:10:37Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 2023
- Abstract
- en_US I am delighted to see this fable given a book of its own. It is a great fable! I stumbled upon this edition as I sought for objects in our collection that illustrate this fable. I found myself coming up empty in that search but happy with this find. This version's rhymed quatrains take me in several directions I would not have expected. Did the gnat expect the bull to respect him? I would have thought he was just seeking a rest. He then would not have "wondered why he bothered to call." Again, I am surprised by the line "I'll leave now, so you won't feel torn." I would have thought that he left because he had rested. T.H. carries the fable beyond the point of the bull's dismissive disinterest, and so the insect wonders "if his conceit had been his downfall." That is a helpful consideration for those reflecting on the fable. Even more helpful, I would say, is the insect's reflection that "he didn't need to seek others' reaction." Good for him! I do not understand "Sometimes our importance is what we fear." And was the gnat "trying to hide"? A stimulating booklet! The cover illustration is charming. The others are from a variety of artistic hands, I presume. 29 pages. 8½" x 11".
- Identifier
- en_US 13694 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US Privately published
- en_US Monee, IL
- Subject
- One story See all items with this value
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection