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Univ Of Minnesota Press (2003), Edition: First Thus, 32 pages
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The Funny Thing is an "aminal" who eats nothing but dolls until the good little man of the mountains gets him to taste the jum jills.
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LibraryThing member isaacfellows
Ga'g is as weird as her name, and her books are a little nutty. But just for this reason I think at a storytime the children would be drawn into her loopy narratives and art.
LibraryThing member fetta
Worthwhile to just flip through illustrations! Timeless
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LibraryThing member MaowangVater
Bobo, the good little man of the mountains” feeds the birds and squirrels and rabbits and mice with nuts and seeds and cabbage and cheese each suited to the creatures’ tastes. But one day a very strange animal comes to his cave looking for something to eat. “It looked something like a dog and
When Bobo inquires what kind of animal it is, it responds that it is not an animal at all. It claims that it is an “aminal,” then demands something to eat. It is completely uninterested in Bobo’s usual fare. It only wants dolls to eat, and the ones taken from good children are the best. Bobo tries to appeal to the sympathy of this strange “aminal,” by attempting to get it to understand that making children cry because their dolls have been devoured is not a good thing to do. But the Funny Thing is unaffected.
So, Bobo tries a different strategy which is flattery. Praising the Funny Thing for its beautiful blue points, he asks it how many jum-jills it must eat to grow so many. The Funny Thing has never heard of a jum-jill. Bobo explains that they are “funny little cakes which make blue points more beautiful and little tails grow into big ones.” Naturally the Funny Thing wants as many of those as it can get. Bobo rushes to his underground kitchen and begins to whip up some jum-jills which consist of a mixture of all the things that he has been feeding to the other animals. When he has a platter full he presents it to the Funny Thing who gobbles them down with great gusto.
The Funny Thing returns every day for more jum-jills until its tail is so long and heavy, as well as beautifully appointed that it’s no longer able to move. “So of course he ate up no more dolls and we have kind old Bobo to thank for that.”
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also a little like a giraffe, and from the top of its head to the tip of its curled tail, there was a row of beautiful blue points.”When Bobo inquires what kind of animal it is, it responds that it is not an animal at all. It claims that it is an “aminal,” then demands something to eat. It is completely uninterested in Bobo’s usual fare. It only wants dolls to eat, and the ones taken from good children are the best. Bobo tries to appeal to the sympathy of this strange “aminal,” by attempting to get it to understand that making children cry because their dolls have been devoured is not a good thing to do. But the Funny Thing is unaffected.
So, Bobo tries a different strategy which is flattery. Praising the Funny Thing for its beautiful blue points, he asks it how many jum-jills it must eat to grow so many. The Funny Thing has never heard of a jum-jill. Bobo explains that they are “funny little cakes which make blue points more beautiful and little tails grow into big ones.” Naturally the Funny Thing wants as many of those as it can get. Bobo rushes to his underground kitchen and begins to whip up some jum-jills which consist of a mixture of all the things that he has been feeding to the other animals. When he has a platter full he presents it to the Funny Thing who gobbles them down with great gusto.
The Funny Thing returns every day for more jum-jills until its tail is so long and heavy, as well as beautifully appointed that it’s no longer able to move. “So of course he ate up no more dolls and we have kind old Bobo to thank for that.”
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Original language
English
Physical description
32 p.; 9.5 x 6.5 inches
ISBN
0816642419 / 9780816642410