The Hopeful Trout and Other Limericks
3 journalers for this copy...
I got this ex-library hardcover from Better World Books. It contains an assortment of limericks - some funny, some groan-inducing, and a few on the darkly-humorous side. [The book seems suitable for children, as in "free of the racier limericks" {wry grin}.] Some that I particularly liked:
There was a young lady from Gloucester
Who complained that her parents both bossed her,
So she ran off to Maine.
Did her parents complain?
Not at all - they were glad to have lost her.
[It also serves as an example of the correct pronunciation of "Gloucester"!]
Then there's the rather surreal title poem:
There once was a trout on a plate
Who thought, "Was it something I ate
That brought on this dream?
I'll be back in the stream
when it's over. Till then, I'll just wait.
The illustration shows a fork nearing the blissfully-musing trout, so things probably won't end well. [Though who puts a live trout on a dinner plate? Hmmm - maybe this book's darker than I thought!]
There was a young lady from Gloucester
Who complained that her parents both bossed her,
So she ran off to Maine.
Did her parents complain?
Not at all - they were glad to have lost her.
[It also serves as an example of the correct pronunciation of "Gloucester"!]
Then there's the rather surreal title poem:
There once was a trout on a plate
Who thought, "Was it something I ate
That brought on this dream?
I'll be back in the stream
when it's over. Till then, I'll just wait.
The illustration shows a fork nearing the blissfully-musing trout, so things probably won't end well. [Though who puts a live trout on a dinner plate? Hmmm - maybe this book's darker than I thought!]
Journal Entry 2 by 
GoryDetails
at LFL [OBCZ] - New Searles Rd, #46 in Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Saturday, June 13, 2020
GoryDetails at LFL [OBCZ] - New Searles Rd, #46 in Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Saturday, June 13, 2020
This one's been in the LFL for several months without being claimed, so I'm taking it back to release elsewhere.
Journal Entry 4 by GoryDetails at Griffin Mill Dam in Auburn, New Hampshire USA on Tuesday, September 15, 2020
GoryDetails at Griffin Mill Dam in Auburn, New Hampshire USA on Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Released 3 yrs ago (9/15/2020 UTC) at Griffin Mill Dam in Auburn, New Hampshire USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Guidelines for safely visiting and stocking Little Free Libraries during the COVID-19 pandemic, from the LFL site here.I left this book, bagged against the elements, on a picnic table at the little turnout spot near the dam on Hooksett Road. (The photo shows a nearby tree starting to sport autumn foliage.) Hope someone enjoys the book!
[See other recent releases in NH here.]
*** Released for the 2020 You're Such an Animal challenge. ***
A very cute collection of kid-friendly limericks. I found and read this on my lunch hour and will re-release today in a spot to be determined
Journal Entry 6 by justspecimens at Playground in Deerfield, New Hampshire USA on Wednesday, September 16, 2020
I considered leaving this in the local Little Free Library but saw the previous journalist had it in their own LFL for several months without success. So I opted to leave it in a different child-friendly place in hopes someone will find it there.
very cute book
