{"product_id":"2940015715514","title":"ADE'S FABLES","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003eThe New Fable of the Private Agitator and What He Cooked Up\u003cbr\u003eThe New Fable of the Speedy Sprite\u003cbr\u003eThe New Fable of the Intermittent Fusser\u003cbr\u003eThe New Fable of the Search for Climate\u003cbr\u003eThe New Fable of the Father Who Jumped In\u003cbr\u003eThe New Fable of the Uplifter and His Dandy Little Opus\u003cbr\u003eThe New Fable of the Wandering Boy and the Wayward Parent\u003cbr\u003eThe New Fable of What Transpires After the Wind-up\u003cbr\u003eThe Dream That Came Out with Much to Boot\u003cbr\u003eThe New Fable of the Toilsome Ascent and the Shining Table-Land\u003cbr\u003eThe New Fable of the Aerial Performer, the Buzzing Blondine, and the\u003cbr\u003e  Daughter of Mr. Jackson\u003cbr\u003eThe New Fable of Susan and the Daughter and the Granddaughter, and then\u003cbr\u003e  Something Really Grand\u003cbr\u003eThe New Fable of the Scoffer Who Fell Hard and the Woman Sitting By\u003cbr\u003eThe New Fable of the Lonesome Camp on the Frozen Heights\u003cbr\u003eThe New Fable of the Marathon in the Mud and the Laurel Wreath\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eILLUSTRATIONS [omitted]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eADE'S FABLES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE NEW FABLE OF THE PRIVATE AGITATOR AND WHAT HE COOKED UP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmbition came, with Sterling Silver Breast-Plate and Flaming Sword, and\u003cbr\u003esat beside a Tad aged 5.  The wee Hopeful lived in a Frame House with\u003cbr\u003eBox Pillars in front and Hollyhocks leading down toward the Pike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Whither shall I guide you?\" asked Ambition.  \"Are you far enough from\u003cbr\u003ethe Shell to have any definite Hankering?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I have spent many Hours brooding over the possibilities of the\u003cbr\u003eFuture,\" replied the Larva.  \"I want to grow up to be a Joey in a\u003cbr\u003eCircus.  I fairly ache to sit in a Red Wagon just behind the Band and\u003cbr\u003edrive a Trick Mule with little pieces of Looking Glass in the Harness.\u003cbr\u003eI want to pull Mugs at all the scared Country Girls peeking out of the\u003cbr\u003eWagon Beds.  The Town Boys will leave the Elephant and trail behind my\u003cbr\u003ecomical Chariot.  In my Hour of Triumph the Air will be impregnated\u003cbr\u003ewith Calliope Music and the Smell of Pop-Corn, modified by Wild\u003cbr\u003eAnimals.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmbition went out to make the proper Bookings with Destiny.  When he\u003cbr\u003ecame back the Boy was ten years old.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"We started wrong,\" whispered Ambition, curling up in the cool grass\u003cbr\u003enear the Day-Dreamer.  \"The Trick Mule and the Red Cart are all very\u003cbr\u003ewell for little Fraidy-Cats and Softies, but a brave Youth of High\u003cbr\u003eSpirit should tread the Deck of his own Ship with a Cutlass under his\u003cbr\u003eRed Sash.  Aye, that is Blood gauming up the Scuppers, but is the\u003cbr\u003eCaptain chicken-hearted?  Up with the Black Flag!  Let it be give and\u003cbr\u003etake, with Pieces of Eight for the Victor!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo it was settled that the Lad was to hurry through the Graded Schools\u003cbr\u003eand then get at his Buccaneering.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Ambition came back with a revised Program.  \"You are now Fifteen\u003cbr\u003eYears of Age,\" said the Wonderful Guide with the glittering Suit.  \"It\u003cbr\u003eis High Time that you planned a Noble Career, following a Straight\u003cbr\u003eCourse from which there shall be no Deviation.  The Pirate is a mere\u003cbr\u003eswaggering Bravo and almost Unscrupulous at times.  Why not be a great\u003cbr\u003eMilitary Commander?  The Procedure is Simple.  Your Father gives the\u003cbr\u003eFinger to the Congressman and then you step off the Boat at West Point.\u003cbr\u003eNext thing you know, you are wearing a Nobby Uniform right out on the\u003cbr\u003eParade Ground, while bevies of Debutantes from New York City and other\u003cbr\u003ePoints admire you for the stern Profile and Military Set-Up.  After\u003cbr\u003ethat you will subdue many Savage Tribes, and then you will march up\u003cbr\u003ePennsylvania Avenue at the head of the whole Regular Army, and the\u003cbr\u003ePresident of the United States will be waiting on the Front Porch of\u003cbr\u003ethe White House to present you with a jewelled Sword on behalf of a\u003cbr\u003eGrateful Nation.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You are right,\" said the Stripling.  His eyes were like Saucers, and\u003cbr\u003ehis Nostrils quivered.  \"I will be Commander-in-Chief, and after I am\u003cbr\u003elaid away, with the Cannon booming, the Folks in this very Town will\u003cbr\u003eput up a Statue of Me at the corner of Sixth and Main, so the Street-\u003cbr\u003eCars will have to circle to get around it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConsequently, when he was in his 21st Year, he was sitting at a high\u003cbr\u003eDesk in an Office watching the Birds on a Telegraph Wire.  The\u003cbr\u003eKnowledge he had acquired at the two Prep Schools before being pushed\u003cbr\u003einto the Fresh Air ahead of Time had not made him round-shouldered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe was a likely Chap, but he wore no Plumes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe became dimly conscious that Ambition was squatted on the Stool next\u003cbr\u003eto him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Up to this time we have been Dead Wrong,\" said the Periodical Visitor.\u003cbr\u003e\"There is only one Prize worth winning and that is the Love of the\u003cbr\u003eNiftiest Nectarine that ever came down a Crystal Stairway from the\u003cbr\u003eCelestial Regions to grace this dreary World with her Holy Presence.\u003cbr\u003eYes, I mean the One you passed this morning--the One with her hair in\u003cbr\u003ea Net and the Cameo Brooch.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47146358145264,"sku":"2940015715514","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015715514","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}