More Fables

Buchbeschreibung

More Fables by George Ade is an illustrated novel about the small-town life of Uncle Brewster as he tempts fate by riding a train into the dangerous and bustling city. Excerpt: "When Uncle Brewster had put on his Annual Collar and combed his Beard and was about to start to the Depot, his Wife, Aunt Mehely, looked at him through her Specs and shook her Head doubtfully. Then she spoke as follows: "You go slow there in the City. You know your Failin. You're just full of the Old Harry, and when you're Het Up you're just like as not to Raise Ned."