Gambolling with Galatea: a Bucolic Romance

A comic pastoral frames conversations and small rebellions among farm animals when their human attendants depart, using anthropomorphic voices and witty narration to explore grievances, appetites, and social rivalries. The work proceeds episodically—from a colt’s indignation at confinement through farcical plots, mock‑romantic transformations, a funeral‑like procession, and a detective‑style inquiry—mixing satire of human pretension, playful reinterpretations of classical motifs, and gentle sentiment. Short illustrated vignettes and interludes sustain a tone alternately absurd and affectionate toward both beasts and people.