Fattypuffs and Thinifers

Two brothers stumble across a strange underground land which is at war. One nation being made up of fat and lazy people the other of thin, miserly people.
Although decently written the more i think about it the less good it looks. There are a number of problems with it.
First the level of death and destruction which seems odd for a children's book of this sort. Second the protagonists really have no influence on the course of events and finally in a story with too such extreme elements the logical conclusion is the emergence of a happy medium but from what i can recall that doesn't happen.
Overall its ok but i have no idea what the author's point was or what he was aiming to achieve with it.

This is a book from my childhood. I have fond memories of it from junior school. But the memories were only of the characters not of the story. Neither had I known that it was originally a book from France which turns out to be important. A book abour war, occupation and peace making. A good theme for a children's book and written to show the futility of pride in self-identified communities. Fattypuffs and Thinifers were the nationalists of their day.

This book will always occupy a very special place in my heart. A classic children's morality tale involving two brothers, one fat, one thin.

Fattypuffs & thinifers. Original French drawings in color by jean bruller. American Thayer inspired by his illustrations for this edition. Introduction &c, by Mary Elizabeth Storer. Terrific illustrated end papers.

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— 1933, Historio de Esperanto II, paĝo 803