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I have long used the simple tales of creatures, great and small, to teach the essential truths of living together. From the cunning fox to the diligent ant, nature offers a mirror to our own society, reflecting lessons in fairness, cooperation, and the consequences of folly. I share these fables, hoping they may guide your rebuilding, as they have guided countless souls before.
How to Identify a Flatterer in Your Council

I have seen in my time how easily a man with a piece of cheese in his mouth can be made to drop it...

On Crafting Fables to Instruct the Young

I have found that the minds of children are like fertile fields. One cannot simply hurl stones of heavy doctrine at them and expect...

Recognizing Your Own Limitations: A Lesson from the Frog and the Ox

I have seen men, like the foolish frog in my tale, destroy themselves by trying to puff themselves up to the size of an...

How to Weave a Fable from the Threads of a Day

A story, my friends, is a vessel far stronger than any clay pot for carrying wisdom through the ages. I have seen men forget...

How to Judge a Fable Contest and Find the Wisest Soul

A man's worth is not in the strength of his back, but in the wisdom of his counsel. I have seen kings and merchants...

A Method to Practice Gratitude with the Lion's Thorn

I have seen how even the fiercest beasts remember a kindness. A lion, his paw swollen by a thorn, did not forget the man...

A Fabulist's Guide to Thinking Under Pressure

For many years, I have watched how men, much like the beasts of the field, fall into the same traps time and again. It...

Preparing for Hardship by Observing the Ant and the Grasshopper

I have told the story of the ant and the grasshopper to many a master and many a slave, and its truth is as...

Performing Fables to Teach Wisdom to Young and Old

I have spent my life watching the cunning fox, the proud lion, and the industrious ant. In their simple actions, they reveal the truths...

How to Weave Community Law from Simple Fables

Men often balk at a direct command, as a horse rears from the whip. But a story? A story slips into the mind like...

A Lesson in Strength: How to Teach Unity with a Bundle of Sticks

I have watched men, like foolish lions, believe their own strength is all that matters, only to be brought down by a pack of...

How to Settle a Quarrel with a Well-Chosen Fable

I have seen that men are often no wiser than the beasts of the field. When two goats meet on a narrow bridge, their...