Fables
A fable is a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, mythical creatures, plants, inanimate objects or forces of nature which are anthropomorphized (given human qualities), and that illustrates a moral lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be expressed explicitly in a pithy maxim.
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The Gnat & the Bull
Some men are of more consequence in their own eyes than in the eyes of their neighbors.
Insect > Gnat
The Hare & the Hound
Necessity is our strongest weapon.
Animal > Hare
The Fox Without a Tail
Distrust interested advice.
Animal > Fox
The Frog & the Ox
Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction...
Animal > Frog
The Frogs & the Well
Two Frogs lived together in a marsh. But one hot summer the marsh dried up...
Animal > Frog
The Frogs Asking for King
The Frogs, grieved at having no established ruler...
Animal > Frog
The Frogs Complaint Against the Sun
Once upon a time, when the Sun announced his intention to take a wife...
Animal > Frog
The Frogs Desiring a King
Better no rule than cruel rule.
Animal > Frog
The Fox & the Woodcutter
There is as much malice in a wink as in a word.
Animal > Fox
The Geese & the Cranes
The Geese and the Cranes were feeding in the same meadow...
Bird
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