Story Plays Old and New: Book One
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Varney, Alice Sumner
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1915
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This early reader presents stories as little dramas. I find three fables: The Lark and Her Little Ones (64), The Swallow and the Little Birds (70), and The Wind and the Sun (87). The first involves a goodly number of characters -- mother and father lark, farmer and son, and baby larks -- and spreads across four acts for four days. The farmer asks first his friends and then his cousins before he declares that he will do it himself the following day. The swallow story is put into verse. In somewhat archaic language, the swallow warns the other birds to eat the hemp seeds that will grow up to be used for snares and nets. The other birds reject her advice and later realize We're not as wise as we had thought (77). This play is described as adapted from Aesop and La Fontaine. The last of the three is told in the poorer version with the key line I am going to make him remove his cloak presently said by the wind (90). There are duochrome illustrations in the book, but not for the fables. The book is in poor condition, with some torn pages and some penciling.
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American Book Company
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9928 (Access ID)