The Fox and the Stork
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"The Fox and the Stork" is a classic Aesop fable that illustrates the moral of treating others as you wish to be treated through a tale of two animals playing tricks on each other.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| TheFoxAndTheStork | 1 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Aesop's fable
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literary work ⓘ morality tale ⓘ |
| author | Aesop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | Perry Index of Aesop's Fables NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| featuresAnimal |
fox
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stork ⓘ |
| genre |
animal fable
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fable ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
animated shorts
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illustrated children's books ⓘ theatrical performances ⓘ |
| hasMoral |
fairness in dealing with others
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treat others as you wish to be treated ⓘ trickery can backfire on the trickster ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
fox
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stork ⓘ |
| moralCategory | Golden Rule NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
hospitality
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justice ⓘ reciprocity ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| partOf | Aesop's Fables NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary |
A fox invites a stork to a meal served in a shallow dish that the stork cannot eat from
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The stork later invites the fox to a meal served in a tall narrow jar that the fox cannot eat from ⓘ |
| similarTo | The Fox and the Crane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
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general readers ⓘ |
| teaches |
consequences of selfishness
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consideration for others ⓘ empathy ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Classical antiquity ⓘ |
| usedIn |
children's literature curricula
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moral education ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Aesop's Fables
this entity surface form:
TheFoxAndTheStork