Rise and Fall of the Gimmee Gimmee Birds

They don't write many fables these days. We have Aesop and LaFontaine, and nothing significant since George Orwell's ANIMAL FARM, but look out! Here comes Lou Goldman's RISE AND FALL OF THE GIMMEE GIMMEE BIRDS which is destined to take its place beside its erstwhile predesessors. Fables are uiversal tales of human truths thinly disguised as animals, and we quickly realize that the Gimmee Gimee birds are ourselves and or neighbors living in the world of over-consumption, of amassing "e;stuff"e;. It also touches on economics, politics, psychology and even theology"e;!