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    Fables

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    Common type of story is the fable‚ which presents a moral‚ or lesson about human behavior. Fables usually feature animals behaving and speaking as humans. Among the most widely known are those from the ancient Sanskrit Pancatantra (Five Chapters)‚ which was first written down in India perhaps 2‚000 years ago. Known in Europe as The Fables of Bidpai‚ this collection presents animal characters in entertaining stories and poetry. Many European animal fables have at least in part descended from the Pancatantra

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    A Fable

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    the title ”A Fable” and is written by the author Robert Fox in the year 1986. The genre in the text is short story and the narration or point of view is a omniscient narrator. The setting in this story is in New York City‚ Manhattan. There are three charaters‚ we hear about in this short story and it is the main character which is the boy‚ the girl and the mother. The athmosphere in this story is a nice day‚ it is sunny and it is the boy’s first day at work. The story is named ”A Fable”‚ we think a

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    In Ch 4 of Silent SpringCarson brings about the fact that the most essential natural resource in the world‚ water‚ is being contaminated. With every spray and use of the pesticides and human-made chemicals‚ persistent as they are‚ the resulting effects spread throughout ecosystems. Bioaccumulation occurs through the levels of the food chain(biological magnification)‚ microorganisms and fish are exposed to the chemicals that render the water polluted‚ fish are eaten by birds and other aquatic life

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    All people have probably considered that immortality would be an extremely joyous experience. William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth‚ tells of the quality of life and how man exerts it; this is in direct comparison with TomorrowTomorrow and Tomorrow‚ written by Kurt Vaunnegut. Where as he also writes of the quality of life with the implication of immortality by drinking the miracle drink‚ Anti-Geresone. The insignificance of man from Shakespeare along with the concept of living forever from Vaunegut

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    Amplifying Fables Stories can be told with few details or a lot. Consider the following two versions of the Aesop fable‚ “The Oak and the Reed.” An oak that had been uprooted by a storm was carried down a river to the banks where many reeds were growing. The oak was astonished to see that things so slight and frail had withstood the storm when so great and strong a tree as he himself had been uprooted. * “It’s really not amazing‚” said a reed. “You were destroyed by fighting against

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    Fable Haven

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    Book report Fable Haven  Grip of the Shadow Plague By: Brandon Mull Summary        Fable Haven Grip of the Shadow Plague is about two kids‚ Seth and Kendra‚ their grand parents‚ and some friends that are all part of a secret society where hidden preserves that keep magical creatures from going extinct by making sure the part of the world that isn’t helping them thinks they don’t exist. Then there is the evening star. The evening star is a group or society of people that believe that the

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    Once upon a time there lived a lanky little rat named Rudy. Rudy’s fur was very dull and felt like needles. She lived in a tiny village where all the animals knew each other. Every afternoon she would meet with her friends at the riverbank to tell stories of their morning. One day Rudy scurried to the riverbank excited to share with her friends a cheesecake she had baked just for them‚ but when she arrived at the meeting spot‚ no one was there. Worried and confused‚ Rudy hurried in to town to look

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    Animal Fable

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    Animal Fables: Power of Literature There are certain qualities that people must possess in means of ethics and wisdom. However‚ many aspects of these qualities are hard to be taught just as mathematics and science are taught. For this reason‚ people use the method of telling fables. There are many different kinds of fables; popular ones are animal fable‚ one of which is Kalilah wa Dimna‚ an Arab translation of ancient Indian fable called Panchatantra. In Kalilah wa Dimna‚ many different animals

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    Aesop Fables

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    Aesop’s Fables The Hart in the Ox-Stall A Hart hotly pursued by the hounds fled for refuge into an Ox-stall‚ and buried itself in a truss of hay‚ leaving nothing to Be seen but the tips of his horns. Soon after the Hunters came up and asked if anyone had seen the Hart. The stable boys‚ who had been resting after their dinner‚ looked round‚ but could see nothing‚ and the Hunters went away. Shortly afterwards the master came in‚ and looking round‚ saw that something unusual had taken

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    The Hare and the Tortoise Aesop’s fable “The Tortoise and the Hare” tells of an egotistical rabbit who boast about being the swiftest runner among all the animals; challenging all the other animals to race against him. To the rabbit’s surprise a seemingly lowly turtle accepts the challenge to race. The rabbit seems to find the turtle’s statement amusing and decides to race the turtle; thinking the turtle was no real competition. By standers gawked trying to dissuade the turtle who is committed

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