The Farmer and the Stork
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"The Farmer and the Stork" is a classic Aesop fable that teaches a moral about shared responsibility and the consequences of keeping bad company.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aesop's fable
ⓘ
literary work ⓘ moral tale ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | The Farmer and the Stork (Aesop's fable) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Aesop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
cranes
ⓘ
farmer ⓘ stork ⓘ |
| hasCulturalOrigin | Ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenre | fable ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Ancient Greek (original tradition) ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryTradition | oral tradition ⓘ |
| hasMoral |
People are judged by the company they keep
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Shared responsibility for wrongdoing brings shared punishment ⓘ |
| hasMoralCategory |
personal responsibility
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prudence in friendships ⓘ |
| hasPlotSummary | A farmer sets a net to catch birds eating his grain and captures a stork along with the cranes; the stork pleads innocence, but the farmer punishes it for keeping the cranes' company. ⓘ |
| hasSetting | farmer's field ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience |
children
ⓘ
general readers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
consequences of bad company
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guilt by association ⓘ justice ⓘ responsibility ⓘ |
| isAdaptedIn |
children's story collections
ⓘ
moral education materials ⓘ |
| isUsedFor |
character education
ⓘ
teaching ethics ⓘ |
| partOf | Aesop's Fables NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teaches |
that good intentions do not erase bad associations
ⓘ
to avoid associating with wrongdoers ⓘ |
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Aesop's Fables