More FablesFront matterReading editionChapter navigation23 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterFABLES in SLANGCLYDE J. NEWMANTHE FABLE OF HOW UNCLE BREWSTER WAS TOO SHIFTY FOR THE TEMPTERTHE FABLE OF THE GRASS WIDOW AND THE MESMEREE AND THE SIX DOLLARSTHE FABLE OF THE HONEST MONEY-MAKER AND THE PARTNER OF HIS JOYS, SUCH AS THEY WERETHE FABLE OF WHY SWEETIE FLEW THE TRACKTHE FABLE OF THE EX-CHATTEL AND THE AWFUL SWAT THAT WAS WAITING FOR THE COLONELTHE FABLE OF THE CORPORATION DIRECTOR AND THE MISLAID AMBITIONTHE FABLE OF WHAT HAPPENED THE NIGHT THE MEN CAME TO THE WOMEN'S CLUBTHE FABLE OF WHY ESSIE'S TALL FRIEND GOT THE FRESH AIRTHE FABLE OF THE MICHIGAN COUNTERFEIT WHO WASN'T ONE THING OR THE OTHERTHE FABLE OF THE ADULT GIRL WHO GOT BUSY BEFORE THEY COULD RING THE BELL ON HERTHE FABLE OF THE MAN-GRABBER WHO WENT OUT OF HIS CLASSTHE FABLE OF THE INVETERATE JOKER WHO REMAINED IN MONTANATHE FABLE OF THE CRUEL INSULT AND THE ARRIVAL OF THE LOVER FROM NO. 6THE FABLE OF THE LODGE FIEND, AND THE DELILAH TRICK PLAYED BY HIS WIFETHE FABLE OF THE APPREHENSIVE SPARROW AND HER DAILY ESCAPETHE FABLE OF THE REGULAR CUSTOMER AND THE COPPER-LINED ENTERTAINERTHE FABLE OF LUTIE, THE FALSE ALARM, AND HOW SHE FINISHED ABOUT THE TIME THAT SHE STARTEDTHE FABLE OF THE COTILLON LEADER FROM THE HUCKLEBERRY DISTRICT WITH THE INTERMITTENT MEMORYTHE FABLE OF THE HE-GOSSIP AND THE MAN'S WIFE AND THE MANTHE FABLE OF THE AUTHOR WHO WAS SORRY FOR WHAT HE DID TO WILLIEBeginning of this editionNext chapter →FABLES in SLANGAll chapters and sections (23)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsFABLES in SLANGCLYDE J. NEWMANTHE FABLE OF HOW UNCLE BREWSTER WAS TOO SHIFTY FOR THE TEMPTERTHE FABLE OF THE GRASS WIDOW AND THE MESMEREE AND THE SIX DOLLARSTHE FABLE OF THE HONEST MONEY-MAKER AND THE PARTNER OF HIS JOYS, SUCH AS THEY WERETHE FABLE OF WHY SWEETIE FLEW THE TRACKTHE FABLE OF THE EX-CHATTEL AND THE AWFUL SWAT THAT WAS WAITING FOR THE COLONELTHE FABLE OF THE CORPORATION DIRECTOR AND THE MISLAID AMBITIONTHE FABLE OF WHAT HAPPENED THE NIGHT THE MEN CAME TO THE WOMEN'S CLUBTHE FABLE OF WHY ESSIE'S TALL FRIEND GOT THE FRESH AIRTHE FABLE OF THE MICHIGAN COUNTERFEIT WHO WASN'T ONE THING OR THE OTHERTHE FABLE OF THE ADULT GIRL WHO GOT BUSY BEFORE THEY COULD RING THE BELL ON HERTHE FABLE OF THE MAN-GRABBER WHO WENT OUT OF HIS CLASSTHE FABLE OF THE INVETERATE JOKER WHO REMAINED IN MONTANATHE FABLE OF THE CRUEL INSULT AND THE ARRIVAL OF THE LOVER FROM NO. 6THE FABLE OF THE LODGE FIEND, AND THE DELILAH TRICK PLAYED BY HIS WIFETHE FABLE OF THE APPREHENSIVE SPARROW AND HER DAILY ESCAPETHE FABLE OF THE REGULAR CUSTOMER AND THE COPPER-LINED ENTERTAINERTHE FABLE OF LUTIE, THE FALSE ALARM, AND HOW SHE FINISHED ABOUT THE TIME THAT SHE STARTEDTHE FABLE OF THE COTILLON LEADER FROM THE HUCKLEBERRY DISTRICT WITH THE INTERMITTENT MEMORYTHE FABLE OF THE HE-GOSSIP AND THE MAN'S WIFE AND THE MANTHE FABLE OF THE AUTHOR WHO WAS SORRY FOR WHAT HE DID TO WILLIEauthor ofFABLES in SLANG →