This book has got to be THE WORST children's book I have EVER read. It begins with an ugly little girl in a red knit hat, named Toby, being inexplicably LAUNCHED from her parent's wagon (what appears to be 500 feet into the air) and landing in the forest. There she encounters FIERCE animals: a hungry wolf, a ferocious cougar, a nasty skunk, a threatening porcupine, and an enormous bear. Each animal describes how they want to eat her or do her harm. To save herself from danger, Toby strips off her clothes (piece by piece) giving one article of clothing to each animal in exchange for her safety until she is left in nothing but her long underwear. While showing off their new clothes, the animals argue with each other over WHO is "the grandest beast". They chase each other around a tree until they finally melt into syrup at the base of the tree. Toby retrieves her clothes and is found by her parents. They decide to have pancakes in the woods. Toby collects syrup from the tree and proceeds to eat 159 pancakes because she is SO hungry! Like most children his age, my 5 year old son LOVES animals. Normally when I read a new story to him and we come to the end he pleads with me to read it again. "Again, again Mommy". When I read this story to him at bedtime he was very quiet. He didn't say a word. When I saw how he was visibly disturbed by the story I said, "This is the dumbest story I ever read". To which he answered, "Yeah Mommy. Let's take it back to the store and get something else" - which is EXACTLY what I did.
Am I missing something, or is >>1 the old story of Little Black Sambo, only without Sambo?
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Anonymous2008-07-18 23:21
>>10
That is correct. It is one of a few rewritings of the story available at amazon. That's a sweet idea to make some money -- just rewrite a public domain story.
This book has got to be THE BEST children's book I have EVER read. It begins with an cute little girl in a red knit hat, named Kimmy, being inexplicably LAUNCHED from her parent's wagon (what appears to be 500 feet into the air) and landing in the forest. There she encounters FIERCE animals: a hungry wolf, a ferocious cougar, a nasty skunk, a threatening porcupine, and an enormous bear. Each animal describes how they want to eat her or do her. To save herself from danger, Toby strips off her clothes (piece by piece) giving one article of clothing to each animal in exchange for her safety until she is left completely naked. While sniffing hard at their new clothes, the animals argue with each other over WHO has "the grandest cock". They chase each other around a tree until they finally melt into syrup at the base of the tree. Kimmy rolls around in the syrup from the tree, covering herself and proceeds to let 159 weasels lick her clean because she is SO horny! Like most children his age, my 5 year old son LOVES animals. Normally when I read a new story to him and we come to the end he pleads with me to read it again. "Again, again Mommy". When I read this story to him at bedtime he was very quiet. He didn't say a word. When I saw how he was visibly aroused by the story I said, "This is the hottest story I ever read". To which he answered, "Yeah Mommy. Let's take it to the next level" - which is EXACTLY what I did.
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Anonymous2008-07-19 14:55
>>14
That would have been a good parody if you didn't forget to replace Toby wtih Kimmy in the 4th line. Fuckin FAIL.
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Anonymous2008-07-19 16:48
>>15
OK be helpful and edit it for me then you fuckin' jackass
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Anonymous2008-07-19 19:04
This is a fuck-old story. The version I read as a kid was about a 1920s-style nigger girl and all the animals were African and they ran around a palm tree. I can't remember all the details of that version though.
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Anonymous2008-07-19 22:05
The original was from 1899, which is fairly recent as far as stories go. It took place in India, which is where the British author lived, about a black boy and one tiger. Now here is another story by her, which is more fucked up:
>>18
Yeah, that's the one. But there's more than one tiger.
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Anonymous2008-07-19 23:00
>>18
The moral of that story is that niggers are stupid for thinking a kettle with a painted on face is a suitable replacement for a decapitated childs head