Two-Legs
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- First published
- Unknown
- Pages
- 120Digital edition
- Language
- English
- Reading difficulty
- 4 of 10
A little about the story
The old animals watch as a strange new creature appears: Two-Legs. He kills, builds, sows, wanders and conquers the wind, and with each step he takes over more of the world.
Carl Ewald's fable tells the history of humankind as the animals see it, with sharp humour and a quiet warning. It is a thought-provoking little book for older children and adults alike.
Things You May Not Know About Two-Legs
- Translated from the Danish by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, translator of Maeterlinck and Fabre.
- Ewald wrote many nature fables, and this is one of his most famous.
- The orang-outang worries about poor relations.
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Part of Freebookia's children's classics collection, added November 2026.
