Funny Fables #1

A humble potato-bug named Ashley is smitten with his neighbor Sabina, a butterfly who dismisses him as too ordinary—so he leaves the quiet potato patch for New York to become famous and win her heart. In a whirlwind week, Ashley tackles radio, baseball, symphony conducting, theater, advertising, publishing, and diplomacy with surprising success, accumulating accolades and headlines. When he returns home with his scrapbook full of accomplishments, he discovers that Sabina's worries about his newfound fame might complicate the very thing he set out to achieve.

When little Ike receives a real pony from his Uncle Louie in Montana as a birthday gift, he's thrilled—but his family isn't, and neither is his skeptical teacher, Mrs. Feeney. Desperate to prove he actually owns the pony, Ike takes matters into his own hands, leading to a chaotic chain of events that lands both boy and pony in the most unexpected places. By the story's end, Ike learns a lesson about honesty and the trouble that follows when you're determined to prove a point.

A duck caught between two worlds finds himself in the middle of a conflict between the beasts and birds on a distant jungle island—and when a political argument turns into an all-out war, he cleverly convinces both sides that he belongs to the other faction. But when the fighting ends and everyone gathers for a celebration feast, the duck discovers that his scheme to stay neutral has left him with nowhere to sit and no friends at all.