The First Little Pet Book with Ten Short Stories in Words of Three and Four Letters

Little Pet Books #1

by Aunt Fanny

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42 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1863

About the author

Frances Elizabeth Barrow (pen name Aunt Fanny; nickname "Frankie Blue") was an American author of children's stories.

Reviews

[Hal Johnson]

This book is more or less Oulupian: It's composed entirely of words of ≤ 4 letters (and almost always <4). This makes it almost unreadable at times, and at times strangely beautiful.

"It is no fun at all to get a big toe cut off, for Sam had to lie in bed, and cry all day; and the pig ate up his big toe. He can not buy a new toe. He has but one big toe now. So you see how bad it is not to do as you are bid."

or

"Let me say to you, if you get a pie, and it is too hot to eat, do not put it on the top of a big tin pot, in the air, and go off to see a cat or a dog, for if you do, may be a sly old ape may get at the pie, and eat it all up."

Lesson learned!