Walt Kelly, 1953, Uncle Pogo So-So Stories, Simon and Schuster. This book begins with Pogo telling stories to the children. The first is the true and complete tale of Robin Hood. And we go along and go along, until we get to Mucky Spleen: The Bloody Drip, starring Albert Alligator as Meat Hamburg. This is followed by the story of Chicken Little (not the only time Kelly retold this one). The next story is a dark piece called Dog-Gone. This is a very rare (for Kelly) sort of Grimm taleish affair.<br><br>
The last story in the book is a retelling of the traveling musicians. It ends up, as it began, with Pogo telling stories to the children of the swamp. It concludes with a party, as the books so often do. (The other common ending is Christmas.)<br><br>
This is one of the books that I have in hardback, published by Gregg Press.
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