Project Gutenberg 2021-07-24 Public domain in the USA. 142 Gates, Eleanor 1875 1951 15008838 "Swat the Fly!": A One-Act Fantasy D A Alexander, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Swat the Fly!" by Eleanor Gates is a one-act fantasy play written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds in a garden behind a laboratory for animal experimentation, highlighting the ethical dilemmas surrounding vivisection and animal rights. The play explores themes of compassion, cruelty, and the interconnectedness of all living beings through a humorous yet poignant narrative. The plot centers on a confrontation between a doctor experimenting on animals and a woman inspector who questions his methods. A boy enters to feed the animals, believing they're being mistreated, which leads to a debate over the morality of animal testing. While the animals express their grievances against the doctor, they ultimately discover that a common fly is the real threat, carrying diseases that necessitate the doctor's work. In a twist, they decide to team up against the fly, realizing that it is the source of their troubles, resulting in a comical yet insightful resolution where they resolve to "swat the fly" instead of the doctor. The play cleverly uses anthropomorphic animals to discuss serious issues, blending humor with a message about the responsibility humans have towards animals and nature. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 89.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en American drama -- 20th century Flies as carriers of disease RC PS Text Category: Humour Category: Plays/Films/Dramas 65263 2025-09-26T06:59:07.876365 text/html 43077 2024-10-18T15:09:31 text/html 281524 2025-09-26T06:59:10.287352 application/epub+zip 281138 2025-09-26T06:59:08.393365 application/epub+zip 99794 2025-09-26T06:59:08.124413 application/epub+zip 319658 2025-09-26T06:59:11.703386 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 309725 2025-09-26T06:59:10.045366 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 129208 2022-09-29T16:45:56.534108 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 46305 2025-09-26T06:59:07.628398 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 26343 2024-10-18T15:09:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16702 2025-09-26T06:59:11.821347 application/rdf+xml 18845 2025-09-26T06:59:08.219401 image/jpeg 2245 2025-09-26T06:59:08.170364 image/jpeg 294636 2025-09-26T06:59:07.888361 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia