# Fables for the Frivolous (Version 2)

An audiobook by Guy Wetmore Carryl, read by LibriVox volunteers (48 min, English).

Fables for the Frivolous is one of the earliest works by the American parodist Guy Wetmore Carryl. These fables are adapted from Jean de La Fontaine's original writings. The Aesop-style fables are written in verse, and are light-hearted re-tellings of fables from two centuries before, each ending with a moral and a pun. Among the more celebrated of the fables are The Persevering Tortoise and the Pretentious Hare, The Arrogant Frog and the Superior Bull, and The Sycophantic Fox and the Gullible Raven. (from Wikipedia)

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## Chapters

1. THE AMBITIOUS FOX AND THE UNAPPROACHABLE GRAPES (2:57): https://archive.org/download/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_1311_librivox/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_01_carryl_64kb.mp3
2. THE PERSEVERING TORTOISE AND THE PRETENTIOUS HARE (2:41): https://archive.org/download/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_1311_librivox/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_02_carryl_64kb.mp3
3. THE PATRICIAN PEACOCKS AND THE OVERWEENING JAY (2:42): https://archive.org/download/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_1311_librivox/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_03_carryl_64kb.mp3
4. THE ARROGANT FROG AND THE SUPERIOR BULL (2:03): https://archive.org/download/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_1311_librivox/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_04_carryl_64kb.mp3
5. THE DOMINEERING EAGLE AND THE INVENTIVE BRATLING (2:22): https://archive.org/download/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_1311_librivox/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_05_carryl_64kb.mp3
6. THE ICONOCLASTIC RUSTIC AND THE APROPOS ACORN (2:20): https://archive.org/download/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_1311_librivox/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_06_carryl_64kb.mp3
7. THE UNUSUAL GOOSE AND THE IMBECILIC WOODCUTTER (1:58): https://archive.org/download/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_1311_librivox/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_07_carryl_64kb.mp3
8. THE RUDE RAT AND THE UNOSTENTATIOUS OYSTER (2:09): https://archive.org/download/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_1311_librivox/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_08_carryl_64kb.mp3
9. THE URBAN RAT AND THE SUBURBAN RAT (2:46): https://archive.org/download/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_1311_librivox/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_09_carryl_64kb.mp3
10. THE IMPECUNIOUS CRICKET AND THE FRUGAL ANT (1:53): https://archive.org/download/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_1311_librivox/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_10_carryl_64kb.mp3
11. THE PAMPERED LAPDOG AND THE MISGUIDED ASS (2:13): https://archive.org/download/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_1311_librivox/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_11_carryl_64kb.mp3
12. THE VAINGLORIOUS OAK AND THE MODEST BULRUSH (2:26): https://archive.org/download/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_1311_librivox/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_12_carryl_64kb.mp3
13. THE INHUMAN WOLF AND THE LAMB SANS GENE (2:05): https://archive.org/download/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_1311_librivox/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_13_carryl_64kb.mp3
14. THE SYCOPHANTIC FOX AND THE GULLIBLE RAVEN (2:31): https://archive.org/download/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_1311_librivox/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_14_carryl_64kb.mp3
15. THE MICROSCOPIC TROUT AND THE MACHIAVELIAN FISHERMAN (2:32): https://archive.org/download/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_1311_librivox/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_15_carryl_64kb.mp3
16. THE CONFIDING PEASANT AND THE MALADROIT BEAR (2:19): https://archive.org/download/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_1311_librivox/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_16_carryl_64kb.mp3
17. THE PRECIPITATE COCK AND THE UNAPPRECIATED PEARL (2:19): https://archive.org/download/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_1311_librivox/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_17_carryl_64kb.mp3
18. THE ABBREVIATED FOX AND HIS SCEPTICAL COMRADES (2:15): https://archive.org/download/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_1311_librivox/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_18_carryl_64kb.mp3
19. THE HOSPITABLE CALEDONIAN AND THE THANKLESS VIPER (1:59): https://archive.org/download/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_1311_librivox/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_19_carryl_64kb.mp3
20. THE IMPETUOUS BREEZE AND THE DIPLOMATIC SUN (3:09): https://archive.org/download/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_1311_librivox/fablesforthefrivolous_version_2_20_carryl_64kb.mp3