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The Battle of the Frogs and the Mice
- A Homeric Fable
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
- Length: 22 mins
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Summary
You will never see war the same way after reading this extraordinary retelling of an ancient Greek fable about a tragically unnecessary battle between mice and frogs. This miniature masterpiece ranks with Animal Farm as one of the greatest parables of human foibles. Originally published in 1962, The Battle of the Frogs and the Mice tells in words and pictures a classic tale of the foolhardiness of war. When Crum-snatcher, a Mouse, cautiously mounts the back of Puff-jaw, King of the Frogs, to explore the frogs pond, the Mouse meets with a disaster which soon brings the two nations into mortal conflict. The course of this tempest in a teapot is developed with wit to assume heroic proportions, and the battle of this small world becomes the story of wars through the ages.
George Martin has made an imaginative, free adaptation of a fable originally ascribed to Homer, but now believed to have been written about 300 years after him by an unknown author.
Critic reviews
"This Homeric fable, in words and pictures, tells a classic tale to illustrate the folly of war. The excellent art work is as good as the poem." (Charleston SC News & Currier, 2/25/62)