I have lots of love for "Devil's Donkey," in which an idiot teenager makes poor decisions and gets transmogrified by a local witch, then given as a gift to a Mr. Beel passing through town (a donkey, why? because apparently damned souls are most palatable and transportable as donkeys, I guess? Never thought about that before). Mr. Beel is an olde tyme Yankee pedlar, the kind who sells wooden nutmegs. I sadly can't find the illustration of how awful he looks when he smiles, but trust me, it's bad stuff. For the rest, the book's like a PG-rated "The Golden Ass" as the protagonist haplessly gets bought and sold and makes a poor impression on the girl he loves.
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Date: 2020-11-26 05:57 am (UTC)