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  2. The Old Man and Death - Wikipedia

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    The Old Man and Death is one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 60 in the Perry Index. [1] Because this was one of the comparatively rare fables featuring humans, it was the subject of many paintings, especially in France, where Jean de la Fontaine 's adaptation had made it popular.

  3. List of Aesop's Fables - Wikipedia

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    The Man and the Lion; The Man with two Mistresses; The Mischievous Dog; The Miser and his Gold; Momus criticizes the creations of the gods; The Moon and her Mother; The Mountain in Labour; The Mouse and the Oyster; The North Wind and the Sun; The Oak and the Reed; The Old Man and Death; The Old Man and his Sons; The Old Man and the Ass; The Old ...

  4. On Borrowed Time - Wikipedia

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    The story is a retelling of a Greek fable in which Death is tricked into climbing a pear tree which had been blessed by Saint Polycarp to trap anyone who was trying to steal an old woman's pears. [1] [2] The opening credits attribute the tale to Geoffrey Chaucer. "Mr. Chaucer liked the tale and believed it—and so do we.

  5. List of Fables characters - Wikipedia

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    Leaving the Mayor's penthouse apartment, he briefly roomed with Boy Blue, who had lost his roommate Pinocchio during the Adversary's assault on Fabletown. He then moved into Beauty and the Beast's home, they themselves moved into Snow White's old place. A well-meaning and amiable man, King Cole found his defeat profoundly depressing.

  6. The Old Man and his Sons - Wikipedia

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    The moral drawn from the fable by Babrius was that "Brotherly love is the greatest good in life and often lifts the humble higher". In his emblem book Hecatomgraphie (1540), Gilles Corrozet reflected on it that if there can be friendship among strangers, it is even more of a necessity among family members. [4]

  7. The Honest Woodcutter - Wikipedia

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    The woodcutter's cries disturb the chief of the gods as he deliberates the world's business and he sends Mercury down with instructions to test the man with the three axes and cut off his head if he chooses wrongly. Although he survives the test and returns a rich man, the entire countryside decides to follow his example and gets decapitated.

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  9. The Old Man and the Ass - Wikipedia

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    Phaedrus comments on the story that "When there is a change in government, nothing changes for the poor folk except their master's name." [2] Much the same conclusion is drawn in Hieronymus Osius's Neo-Latin poem, Asinus et vitulus (the ass and the herdboy). [3] The story later appeared in La Fontaine's Fables as Le vieillard et l'âne (VI.8 ...