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Fables for the Frivolous (Version 2)

Name: Fables for the Frivolous (Version 2)
Author: Guy Wetmore Carryl

Guy Wetmore Carryl

Read by Phil Chenevert · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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THE AMBITIOUS FOX AND THE UNAPPROACHABLE GRAPES (2:57)
THE PERSEVERING TORTOISE AND THE PRETENTIOUS HARE (2:41)
THE PATRICIAN PEACOCKS AND THE OVERWEENING JAY (2:42)
THE ARROGANT FROG AND THE SUPERIOR BULL (2:03)
THE DOMINEERING EAGLE AND THE INVENTIVE BRATLING (2:22)
THE ICONOCLASTIC RUSTIC AND THE APROPOS ACORN (2:20)
THE UNUSUAL GOOSE AND THE IMBECILIC WOODCUTTER (1:58)
THE RUDE RAT AND THE UNOSTENTATIOUS OYSTER (2:09)
THE URBAN RAT AND THE SUBURBAN RAT (2:46)
THE IMPECUNIOUS CRICKET AND THE FRUGAL ANT (1:53)
THE PAMPERED LAPDOG AND THE MISGUIDED ASS (2:13)
THE VAINGLORIOUS OAK AND THE MODEST BULRUSH (2:26)
THE INHUMAN WOLF AND THE LAMB SANS GENE (2:05)
THE SYCOPHANTIC FOX AND THE GULLIBLE RAVEN (2:31)
THE MICROSCOPIC TROUT AND THE MACHIAVELIAN FISHERMAN (2:32)
THE CONFIDING PEASANT AND THE MALADROIT BEAR (2:19)
THE PRECIPITATE COCK AND THE UNAPPRECIATED PEARL (2:19)
THE ABBREVIATED FOX AND HIS SCEPTICAL COMRADES (2:15)
THE HOSPITABLE CALEDONIAN AND THE THANKLESS VIPER (1:59)
THE IMPETUOUS BREEZE AND THE DIPLOMATIC SUN (3:09)