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The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs, illustrated by Milo Winter in a 1919 edition. " The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs " is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 87 in the Perry Index, a story that also has a number of Eastern analogues. Many other stories contain geese that lay golden eggs, though certain versions change them for hens or other ...
The opening verse of "Old Mother Goose and the Golden Egg", from an 1860s chapbook. Mother Goose is a character that originated in children's fiction, as the imaginary author of a collection of French fairy tales and later of English nursery rhymes. [1] She also appeared in a song, the first stanza of which often functions now as a nursery ...
Harlequinade is an English comic theatrical genre, defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "that part of a pantomime in which the harlequin and clown play the principal parts". It developed in England between the 17th and mid-19th centuries. It was originally a slapstick adaptation or variant of the commedia dell'arte, which originated in ...
The hero is the youngest of three brothers, given the nickname "Dummling" (Simpleton). His eldest brother is sent into the forest to chop wood (the Task), fortified with a rich cake and a bottle of wine. He meets a little gray man (the Disguised Helper) who begs a morsel to eat and a drop to drink but is rebuffed.
Outwitting the giant, Jack is able to retrieve many goods from the giant, including a bag of gold, an enchanted goose that lays golden eggs and a magic golden harp that plays and sings by itself. Jack then escapes by chopping down the beanstalk. The giant, who is pursuing him, falls to his death, and Jack and his family prosper.
Zach Galifianakis as Humpty Alexander Dumpty, the mastermind who intends to retrieve the Golden Eggs from the one-of-a-kind Goose. Billy Bob Thornton and Amy Sedaris as Jack and Jill respectively, a murderous outlaw married couple who owns the three legendary magical beans. Constance Marie as Imelda, Puss' human adoptive mother
Richard McClure Scarry ( / ˈskæriː /; [ 1] June 5, 1919 – April 30, 1994) was an American children's author and illustrator who published over 300 books with total sales of over 100 million worldwide. [ 2] He is best known for his Best Ever book series that take place primarily in the fictional town of Busytown, "which is populated by ...
‘The goose lays more golden eggs every year’: Warren Buffett explains why capitalism doesn't work for young people today — and the simple way he’d solve it.