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Wisdom of Children" (Russian: "Девчонки умнее стариков", also translated as Little Girls Wiser than Men) is a short story by Russian author Leo Tolstoy first published in 1885. It takes the form of a parable about forgiveness.
The story centers on a farm family, which consists of a father and his two sons. Servants also help with working the land. The elder son and the servants leave to work the fields for the day. The younger son hears a voice that tempts him to indulge his "most secret longings". The younger son asks his father for his inheritance, which the father ...
The Rooster Prince, also sometimes translated as The Turkey Prince, is a Jewish mashal or parable told by Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, founder of the Breslov form of Hasidic Judaism. It was first told orally, and later published by Nathan of Breslov in Sippurei Ma'asiot, a collection of stories by Rebbe Nachman.
A parable is a succinct, didactic story, in prose or verse, that illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles. It differs from a fable in that fables employ animals , plants , inanimate objects, or forces of nature as characters, whereas parables have human characters. [ 1 ]
The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (1768) by Christopher Smart; Hymns for the Amusement of Children (1771) by Christopher Smart; Lessons for Children (1778–79) by Anna Laetitia Barbauld; An Easy Introduction to the Knowledge of Nature (1780) by Sarah Trimmer; Hymns in Prose for Children (1781) by Anna Laetitia Barbauld
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (German: Der kaukasische Kreidekreis) is a play by the German modernist playwright Bertolt Brecht.An example of Brecht's epic theatre, the play is a parable about a peasant girl who rescues a baby and becomes a better mother than the baby's wealthy biological parents.
Fables and Parables (Bajki i przypowieści, 1779), by Ignacy Krasicki (1735–1801), is a work in a long international tradition of fable-writing that reaches back to antiquity. Krasicki's fables and parables have been described as being, "[l]ike Jean de La Fontaine 's [fables],... amongst the best ever written, while in colour they are ...
New Testament stories are the pericopes or stories from the New Testament of Christianity. ... For a list of parables told by Jesus, see Parables of Jesus