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Yo, Aesop!
For years, Aesop's fables have been passed from person to
person--sort of like the flu. With all that telling and
retelling, however, a lot of the fun has been lost. And
some of the ancient stories don't make much sense to
modern readers. That's why we thought it would be a good
idea to dust off some of Aesop's lessons and come up with
brand-new fables for them.
You won't find "The Fox and the Grapes" here.
In fact, the first fable--a story involving a pigeon and
potato salad--is called "Feathers, Frisbees &
Flying Salami."
Each modern fable ends with a brief commentary from an
Aesopian stand-in, such as, "You call this a
fable?" or "Back in ancient Greece, we didn't
watch TV. We just sat around hoping that someday, someone
would invent pizza."
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