Discussion»Questions»Books and Literature» Humpty Dumpty was a guy with a fragile shell. When he fell he shattered. MORAL. Fragile folks should stay far away from walls. What else?
A friend has some old books. One is "The Truth About Mother Goose". It says that many of these rhymes were veiled reference to actual people ridiculing then slyly. "Humpty Dumpty" was about Bonnie Price Charlie who was overthrown and executed, so that all of the king's horses and men could not put him back together again. The walls of his castle did not save him. MORAL- Do not tyrannize your subjects, lest they rebel and topple you.
A friend has some old books. One is "The Truth About Mother Goose". It says that many of these rhymes were veiled reference to actual people ridiculing then slyly. "Humpty Dumpty" was about Bonnie Price Charlie who was overthrown and executed, so that all of the king's horses and men could not put him back together again. The walls of his castle did not save him. MORAL- Do not tyrannize your subjects, lest they rebel and topple you.
