The Whale and the Grasshopper
by Seumas O'BrienGenre: Comedy
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Format of Original Source: Short Story
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Candidate for Adaptation? Not Likely
EXCERPT:
“Well, ’tis hard blamin’ the young men because every young lady you meet looks better to you than the last until you meet the next an’ so you go on to another until you’re so old that no one would marry you at all unless you had lots of money, a bad liver, an’ a shaky heart.”
“An old man without any sense, lots of money, a bad liver, an’ a shaky heart can always get a young lady to marry him,” said Felix, “though rheumatics, gout, an’ a wooden leg are just as good in such a case.”
“Every bit,” said Standish, “but there’s nothin’ like a weak constitution, a cold climate, an’ a tendency to pneumonia.”
“Old men are quare,” said Felix.
“They are,” said Standish.
COMMENTS:
This story is mainly dialogue, not a plot. It’s Irishmen talkin’, and one launches into another dialogue between a whale and a grasshopper. Charming stuff — but not enough story here for a musical.
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