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  2. Trusty John - Wikipedia

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    Graham Seal pointed out that Faithful John is a "figure of European and Asian folktales" who demonstrates the virtues of loyalty and trust. [10] Indeed, variants of the tale have been collected from "all over Europe", as well as from India, Turkey, Middle East, South America and the West Indies. [11]

  3. The Duess Test - Wikipedia

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    The Duess Test is a projective test for young children. It consists of ten short incomplete stories to which children must think of endings. The test was developed in Switzerland by Louisa Düss. [1] The test, which is also known as Duess fables, was first translated to English by Louise Despert in 1946. [2]

  4. List of Fables characters - Wikipedia

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    Baffled as to how the 'most faithful Fable in history' could turn against them, John was interrogated by Prince Charming, Beauty and Beast; he explained to them that, long before signing up to the Fabletown compact, he had sworn an unbreakable vow of loyalty to his King, who he believed had been killed leading his forces against the Adversary.

  5. Category:Fables - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to fables, succinct fictional stories, in prose or verse, that feature animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are anthropomorphized, and that illustrate or lead to a particular moral lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be added explicitly as a concise maxim.

  6. The Happy Prince and Other Tales - Wikipedia

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    The Happy Prince and Other Tales (or Stories) is a collection of bedtime stories for children by Oscar Wilde, first published in May 1888.It contains five stories that are highly popular among children and frequently read in schools: "The Happy Prince," "The Nightingale and the Rose," "The Selfish Giant," "The Devoted Friend," and "The Remarkable Rocket."

  7. Parable of the Talents - Wikipedia

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    The positive rewards for two of the servants are based upon their faithfulness to properly use what Christ entrusted to them. This probably speaks of positive reward for believers who are faithful to serve Christ. The negative reward (recompense) for the unfaithful servant likely speaks of some negative dealing by Christ with an unfaithful ...

  8. List of Aesop's Fables - Wikipedia

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    Toggle Aesop's Fables subsection. 1.1 Titles A–F. 1.2 Titles G–O. 1.3 Titles R–Z. 2 References. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ...

  9. The Mountain in Labour - Wikipedia

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    The fable's text was also set by Emmanuel Clerc (b. 1963) as part of his work Fables (2013). [46] The words of La Fontaine's own fable were set by several other musicians, including: Jules Moinaux in 1846. [47] Théodore Ymbert for two voices (1860). [48] [49] Pauline Thys as part of her Six Fables de La Fontaine (1861). [50]