The Fox and the Crow
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"The Fox and the Crow" is a classic Aesop fable that teaches a moral about the dangers of vanity and flattery through a cunning fox who tricks a proud crow into dropping its food.
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aesop's fable
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literary work ⓘ moral tale ⓘ |
| author | Aesop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
deception
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flattery ⓘ vanity ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | Ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
crow
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fox ⓘ |
| genre | fable ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | La Fontaine's fable "Le Corbeau et le Renard" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | The Crow and the Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAnimalAntagonist | fox ⓘ |
| hasAnimalProtagonist | crow ⓘ |
| hasCommonInterpretation |
appearances and praise can conceal selfish motives
GENERATED
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intelligence can exploit vanity GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationTradition | children's picture books ⓘ |
| hasKeyAction |
crow drops food after singing
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fox flatters crow ⓘ |
| hasKeyObject | piece of food ⓘ |
| hasMoralCategory | cautionary tale about pride ⓘ |
| hasMoralFunction | warns against being misled by praise ⓘ |
| hasMotiveOfFox | to obtain the crow's food ⓘ |
| hasTraitOfCrow | vain ⓘ |
| hasTraitOfFox | cunning ⓘ |
| influenced | later European fable traditions ⓘ |
| moral |
Do not trust flatterers
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Vanity can lead to loss ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| partOf | Aesop's Fables NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A fox flatters a crow holding food in its beak so that the crow sings, drops the food, and the fox eats it ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
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general readers ⓘ |
| teachesLessonTo |
readers about the danger of listening to flattery
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readers about the danger of vanity ⓘ |
| usedIn |
moral education
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school curricula ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Aesop's Fables