Sinopsis

Said the Shark to the Flying Fish over the phone: "Will you join me tonight? I am dining alone. Let me order a nice little dinner for two! And come as you are, in your shimmering blue." ... So begins the title poem of this amusing collection of poems and nonsense verse by the distinguished poet and classicist E. V. Rieu. Funny, tender, witty and gay, the poems range the gamut from an evocation of Spring that completely captures the elusive enchantment of that season to the strange phenomenon of a little boy washing himself without being told to. The Tortoise and the Hare reappear in a new guise in "The Tortoise and the Magistrate." Lovers of poetry will soon be quoting their favorite Rieu verse, and readers who were indifferent to poetry will find themselves completely captivated by the collection. To make a good thing perfect, E. H. Shepard has decorated the volume with his inimitable sketches.