Foney Fables
Backward, turn backward, O time in your flight.
Make me a child again, just for tonight.
And between these covers, we find these immortal fables.
Sleeping Beauty
Remember the lovely princess who was bewitched into a deep slumber
until her Prince Charming came to break the spell?
COME ON, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, YOU LAZY GOOD FOR NOTHING!
COME ON, WAKE UP!
Tom Thumb,
the little boy who got his name because
he was no bigger than a man's thumb.
Let's pay this interesting family a visit.
Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. Thumb.
Where's little Tom?
Are you Tom Thumb?
Uh, yeah, that's me.
Why I thought you were no bigger than a man's thumb!
How did you get so big?
Vitamin B1. [laughs]
The Grasshopper and the Ant
The story of the industrious little ant
and the lazy grasshopper.
♪ Heaven can wait, this is paradise ♪
[humming]
[yawns]
♪ Heaven can wait ♪
[humming]
You're gonna be sorry!
I've worked all summer and put away plenty for the winter.
But you, you lazy thing, you're gonna starve!
The bad boy of the fairy tales, the Boy Who Cried Wolf.
Wolf! Wolf! Help! Help! The Wolf! Wolf! Help!
Help! Wolf! Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!
[laughs]
What a jerk! [laughs]
What a dope! [laughs]
There's a lad who could stand some discipline.
What a dope! [laughs]
He'll learn his lesson someday.
What a screwball! [laughs]
Jack and the Beanstalk
The story of the boy who climbed a beanstalk,
only to be met at the top by a ferocious two-headed giant
who forced Jack to run for his life.
[gasping]
Say! You almost had him. Why did you quit?
Uh, he's been sick.
[gasping]
The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing.
The fifth columnist of his day.
By means of a disguise, he preyed upon unsuspecting little sheep.
Baaa! Baaa! Baaa! Baaa! Baaa!
Scram, bum! I'm working this side of the pasture.
The Arabian Nights gave us the story
of Aladdin and his wonderful lamp.
All Aladdin had to do was to rub the lamp and,
Presto! The genie appeared!
♪ I dream of genie with the light brown hair. ♪
♪ I dream of genie with the light brown hair! ♪
Wolf! Wolf! Help! Help!
There's that nasty kid again.
Help! Help! The Wolf! Wolf!
[laughs]
What a dope! [laughs]
What a jerk! [laughs]
Hey, young fella!
You're going to yell "Wolf!" once too often.
Aw, go on, go on. Mind your own business. Mind your own business.
Can't a guy have a little fun?
A session in the woodshed wouldn't do that boy any harm.
And here's a bird you wouldn't mind having in your own home,
a goose that lays golden eggs.
Hey, wait a minute!
You're supposed to lay golden eggs.
Not anymore, brother,
I'm doing my bit for National Defense.
Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to get her poor dog a bone,
Why you dirty, double-crossing...
FOOD HOARDER! SHE'S A FOOD HOARDER! FOOD HOARDER!
Remember this little nursery rhyme?
This little piggy went for to market.
This little piggy he's gone for to stay home.
This little piggy he's have roast beef and smashed potatoes.
And this poor little piggy he don't have anything, all kinds of things, to eat.
And this little piggy he's for to crying like anything!
Wee, wee, wee, all the way home!
YOWWW!!!
FOR CYING OUT PETE'S SAKE, MOTHER, BE CAREFUL, MY CORN!!!
Cinderella and her glass slipper. A little girl...
Wolf! Wolf! Help! Help, somebody! Help! The Wolf!
Uh, uh, he's at it again!
Wolf! Wolf! Help! Help! The wolf!
[laughs]