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Monday, 18 March 2024

The Three Mulla Mulgars (The three Royal Monkeys) – Walter de la Mare

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Walter de la Mare (1873-1956), who is best remembered for his works for children and for his supernatural horror writings, was a great English poet, short story writer and novelist.  His ‘The Three Mulla Mulgars’ (1910) that was later re-titled as ‘The Three Royal Monkeys’, a fairy tale is considered as a ‘classic animal fantasy’.  In it De la Mare describes the adventurous journey of the Three Royal Monkeys to the valleys of Tishnar.  Though it is a book for children, its humour, excitement and poetic description captivates all the ages.  It makes the readers think about a time when animals and unreal characters were dominant on the earth and the role of nature and its elements then.