Fables
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Used for tales intended to teach moral lessons, often with animals or inanimate objects speaking and acting like human beings and usually with the lesson stated briefly at the end.
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- Elman, Richard M.
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- Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von, 1775-1854
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- Chamisso, Adelbert von, 1781-1838
- La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695
- Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616
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- Matsuo, Bashō, 1644-1694
- Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-
- Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de, 1900-1944
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