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  2. African-American folktales - Wikipedia

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    Folklore's impact also translates to today, as some tropes are seen in modern-day Hip-Hop. The trickster trope originated as a way to display enslaved people's wit over slave masters. [9] After emancipation, this trope transformed into badman, which reflected the new ways of life. The badman was viewed as more of an outlaw. [9]

  3. The Prodigal Son (Britten) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Parable of the Prodigal Son - Wikipedia

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    "Modern Day Prodigal Son" by Brantley Gilbert is featured on the album of the same name from 2009. "Prodigal Son" by Gideon appears on the post-hardcore band's second album Milestone (2012). The parable is used as inspiration for several songs in The Oh Hellos' album 'Through the Deep Dark Valley'. "Prodigal Son" by Jamie's Elsewhere, a post ...

  5. The 116 Best Kids Books of All Time - AOL

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    Here are Parade’s 116 Best Kids books of all time, according to indie booksellers from across the country; acclaimed authors like Brian Selznick, Rita Williams-Garcia, Dav Pilkey, Katherine ...

  6. The Little Red Hen - Wikipedia

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    A hen living on a farm finds some wheat and decides to make bread with it. She asks the other farmyard animals to help her plant it, but they refuse. The hen then harvests and mills the wheat into flour before baking it into bread; at each stage she again asks the animals for help, but they still refuse.

  7. Parable - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  8. Wisdom of Children - Wikipedia

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    The story opens at the beginning of Holy Week, when there is still melting snow on the ground.An older girl, Akulya, and a younger girl, Malasha, go outside to play. They both have just been given new frocks, but they insist on wading through one of the puddles from the melting

  9. The old man lost his horse - Wikipedia

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    The parable tells the story of a farmer who lives with his father close to the border with the barbarian territories. Without his fault and without being able to influence them, the farmer goes through various situations which all have important consequences for him: His horse, a considerable part of his property and livelihood, runs away.