Danish 60's CARL M COHR Silver Plated Children's Spoon & Fork *Karius & Bactus*

Description

Danish 1960's CARL M COHR Silver Plated Children's Spoon & Fork *Karius and Bactus*
Marked : COHR ATLA
Still with original packages
Spoon 15.5 cm , handle 18 mm , front 35 mm
Fork 15.3 cm , handle 18 mm
Fine vintage condition
***KARIUS & BAKTUS***
Karius and Bactus (Norwegian: Karius og Baktus) is a Norwegian children's novel written and illustrated by playwright Thorbjørn Egner. The book was first published in 1949 and produced as a 15-minute puppet animation film by film director Ivo Caprino in 1954. An English translation by Mike Sevig and Turi Olderheim was published in the United States in 1986.
The main characters are Karius (black haired) and Bactus (red haired). Their names are puns on Caries and Bacteria, and they are two small "tooth trolls" that live inside cavities in the teeth of a boy named Jens. They have a very good life, especially when Jens eats white bread with syrup and fails to brush his teeth afterwards. Eventually their homes are destroyed by the work of a dentist and they are rinsed out of Jens' mouth through proper dental care.
The story of Karius and Bactus, with its humorous illustrations and important message, has become a classic of Norwegian children's literature. Since its publication, the idea of "tooth trolls" has been used as a pedagogical device for generations of Scandinavian children.