Fables weave history
text before text
“yet green and soft meadow”
Setting. Checked
So much in common with other tales.
Lessons learned.
Culture reinforced.
Anthromorphism. Imagingation.
Do we lose these in our fiction.
Why?
Fables teach us to believe.
“I came here for peace”
Cultured reinforced
Why the hunter the victor?
“I was killed the day you killed the White cow.”
The hunted wins
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as Trickter.
Is that the greatest trick?
Teach fables by letting fables flow
Don’t make the young start with lessons.
Let them play with meaning. Puppets, shadows and sticks.