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The Funny Thing

by Wanda Gag · 1929

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The Funny Thing is Gag's follow-up to her well-loved classic, Millions of Cats. It tells the story of a curious "aminal" that eats children's dolls. A kindly man named Bobo cannot stand by and allow this to happen. He entices it to eat the concoction "jum-jills." A happy ending is assured when the Funny Thing discovers he loves them and never eats another doll.

Genre
fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of this
Themes
animalsanimalsMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrenspicture books
Length
short · 32 pages

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