In this delightful story we meet Fritzl,a farmer who lives with his wife Liesi,their baby kinndli,and Spitz,their dog.Fritzl works hard in the fields every day.Liesi works hard all day,too,but Fritzl somehow feels that he works harder.
The Funny Thing is Wanda Gág's follow-up to her well-loved classic,Millions of Cats.It tells the story of a curious dragonlike"aminal"that eats children's dolls.A kindly man named Bobo cannot stand by and allow this to happen.He entices it to eat the concoction"jum-jills".