The Rat and the Elephant TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text <br> A rat, of quite the smallest size,<br> Fix'd on an elephant his eyes,<br> And jeer'd the beast of high descent<br> Because his feet so slowly went.<br> Upon his back, three stories high,<br> There sat, beneath a canopy,<br> A certain sultan of renown,<br> His dog, and cat, and wife sublime,<br> His parrot, servant, and his wine,<br> All pilgrims to a distant town. COMMENTS: Visual Text The translation is in verse; a head-start on lyrics. CANDIDATE FOR ADAPTATION?: --- not set --- Not reviewed Promising Unlikely SOURCE MATERIAL: Fable Novella Play Plot summary Short Story -- Parent -- GENRE: Comedy Comic Horror Detective Drama Fable Fairy Tale Fantasy Folklore Folktale Ghost Story Melodrama Mystery Myth Operetta Other Romance Suspense Young Audiences -- Parent -- SETTING: Africa America England Europe Fantasy International New Zealand Pastoral Rural Rustic Science Fiction -- Parent -- LENGTH FOR ADAPTATION: 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 30 Minutes 45 Minutes 60 Minutes 90 Minutes Two Hours -- Parent -- URL FOR PDF DOCUMENT: TheRatandtheElephant.pdf
