Asleep for Days: Amos sleeps for two days following the kite-flying incident.Absent-Minded Professor: Amos mentions that a hole Ben made in the front of the hat came in useful for Amos warning him about obstacles right ahead of him that he didn't notice.This book includes examples of the following tropes: Revere and I, by the same author, repeats the premise with Paul Revere and his horse. Amos stays with Ben through most of the exploits that made him famous, helping him and sometimes getting the wrong end of Franklin's adventurousness and insatiable curiosity. Bill Peet, who was working at Disney at the time, adapted it into a short feature for them in 1953, with Sterling Holloway providing narration and giving a voice to Amos.īen and Me chronicles the life of the famous Benjamin Franklin - from the perspective of a mouse, Amos, who lives in his coonskin hat. Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos is a 1939 book by Robert Lawson.
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