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Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 16 Mar 19

Crazy Like A What? Who do you think you are calling crazy? I was smart enough to catch your chickens. Clever, crafty, cunning, cruel, but not lazy, Mad, insane, or cuckoo. What the dickens Possessed you to question my reason,...

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Updated Fables: The Fox and the Grapes

Katt Rocketman @PeachieMew (881) • Cleveland, Ohio 11 Nov 18

One fine day, a hungry fox was out looking for food when he saw a grape vine... and completely ignored it, because grapes are poisonous to foxes. So he went and ate a rabbit instead. Moral: [i]Keep up-to-date with scientific...

Book Review Aesops Fables

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 24 Nov 17

I think everyone will have heard at least one of these beast-stories or fables at some time in their lives, even if they have not realized that Aesop, a slave born in approximately AD 600, first told it. The Fox And The Grapes,...

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Rock and Roll Fable

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 15 Jan 17

Streets of Fire is a movie from 1984. It was billed as a Rock and Roll Fable. Though it is not a great cinematic masterpiece, it is one of my favorite all-time movies. My love for this movie is based mostly on the music. Two of...

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Preston Pub Sign Studies The Fox And Grapes

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 28 Oct 16

This pub has had at least two good relevant inn signs, and I captured the earlier one on a visit to Preston about five years ago, soon after starting to collect inn sign images. The pub is located on Fox Street and grapes are an...

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Before I Croak

Gus Kilthau @Ceerios (4698) • Goodfellow, Texas 19 Aug 16

Before I Croak The equivalent of Chicken Little's hollering, "The sky is falling." That's kind of what I may be looking at, and so I'd best get it on and put some of my doggy doggerel together under virtual covers and then do...

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The Collector of Fables

Shavkat @Shavkat (141906) • Philippines 4 Mar 16

The Greek slave named Aesop created fables that were collected 2,500 years ago. If you are a writer, it would be easy to create short stories that give lessons about behavior or truth. If I could only see the composition of this...

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Fables

meipan @meipan (746) • Philippines 6 Mar 13

Fable is a short tale to teach a moral lessons, often used animals as main characters or inanimate objects.. I want to write this kind of themes.. or maybe an adaptation but can't think of a good one... i don't like those...

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I like killing the big bad wolf in my fables.

aesoplado @aesoplado (8) • United States 15 Dec 10

When i re-write fables, it gives me the freedom to do anything to my characters. It releases tension and stress in some way.

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"Red sky in the morning sailors warning...."

littlefranciscan @littlefranciscan (18327) • United States 28 Jul 09

Ever hear the phrase "red sky in morning sailors warning, red sky at night sailors delight"? Well today I opened my curtains ad saw the sky just breaking open wth light and there was the pink in the sky .. I said to myself.....

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The Bible,a best seller, but is it true?

sharone74 @sharone74 (4837) • United States 1 Jun 09

I find a lot of the content of the bible sounds like mythology and ancient tales that were passed down from generation to generation. I don't believe that all of it is true, I also don't believe it is all false, because the myths...

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Do you like to read Bible stories, or fables?

clorissa123 @clorissa123 (4926) • United States 5 Apr 09

Some fables, or folklores, or even Bible stories, can teach us something toward our daily life. To better understand this world with principle with these metaphorical stories. Lately, I had read some great stories from the past,...

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Any Medieval Fantasy Writers Out There?

leafygreens08 @leafygreens08 (754) • United States 22 Aug 08

Hello fellow writers! I enjoy writing mostly medieval fantasy fiction. This genre usually involves characters like fairies, elves, vampires, unicorns, and magic. The setting is usually in a medieval or middles ages town or...

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What is your favorite and best loved Aesop Fables?

twilight_67 @twilight_67 (52) • China 29 May 08

When I was young I love to read a short story with animals as characters that talk and act like human beings. It tells a lesson and it often ends with a proverb. The Dog and the Reflection in the River is my favorite and best...

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A story with a lesson

uath13 @uath13 (8192) • United States 18 Oct 07

A group of men stood on the shore about to set sail for a distant land. As they loaded supplies the first man wearing a thick coat & mittens brought heavy furs, snowshoes, a canoe, harpoons & a dogsled team. The second man...

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I love family stories whether true or folklore, here's one of mine.

atramesil @atramesil (685) • United States 2 Apr 07

To entertain us when we were kids, my mom would tell us stories about when she was growing up. Here is one. During the WWII and the depression my mom's family of extended aunts, uncle and cousins, would save their gas rations...

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fables and dinosaurs

HeartWalker @HeartWalker (121) • India 17 Feb 07

Some ppl believe that we co-existed with fire breathing dragons and dinosaurs, is it true, or is it more spielberg's makings ?

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My car can fly. Can yours too?

ronaldinu @ronaldinu (12422) • Malta 20 Jan 07

When I am stuck in a traffic jam, I am always bombarded by my six year old son with lots of questions about the mechanicism of the car. What does the steering wheel stands for, what is that push for etc. Once he asked me if he...

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mermaids

toonatoons @toonatoons (3735) • Philippines 15 Nov 06

are they real or aren't they?

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What's a good age to tell children the truth about Santa?

sparky1025 @sparky1025 (332) • United States 13 Oct 06

My ten year old came home from school asking me if Santa was real. Her friend said he wasn't, I told her the truth and she was...

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