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A Fable about Attention
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A Fable about Pot-covers
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A Fable about Financial Foresight
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A Fable about Another Family
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A Fable about Gaming Protocol
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A Fable about Hotel Ditties
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A Fable about Insurance
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A Fable about Point-of-View
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A Christmas Fable
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Ant Gods
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Happenstance
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A Fable about an Unexpected Evolution
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A Fable about Flattery
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A Fable about Forbearance
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A Fable about Giftedness
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A Fable about Response
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A Fable about Tenacity
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Homeboy Back & Blue
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A Fable about Administrative Slogans
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A Fable about Alien Motives
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A Fable about Procedure
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A Fable about Climate Change
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A Fable about Deities
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A Fable about Dark Matter
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A Fable about Diligence
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Guppies
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A Fable about Pool Parties
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A Fable about Un-Natural Selection
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Homeward Bound (excerpt)
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A Fable about Breaking News
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A Fable about Jibes
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A Fable about Psycho-Physics
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A Fable about Toughness
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A Fable about Surrender
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A Fable about Insight
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A Fable about Boundaries
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Cabbie
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A Fable about Definitions
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A Fable about Offspring
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A Fable about Awareness
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A Fable about Authority
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A Fable about Cause & Effect
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Another fable about Perspective
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Succulence
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Transaction
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A Fable about a Transformation
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A Fable about Off-Message
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A Fable about Symbiosis
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A Fable about Union
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Moe, the Vagabond
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Tinker Thinker
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One Never Knows
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A Fable about the Internet
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A Fable about Gods
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A Fable about Prediction
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A Fable about Craft
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A Fable about Debate
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A Fable about Smartness
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Another Fable about Research
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Boots
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A Fable about Mindset
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Circle of Shade
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A Fable about Gamesmanship
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Another Fable about Community
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A Fable about Multi-Tasking
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A Fable about Ditziness
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Ties
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A Fable about Fortune
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A Fable about a Franchise
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A Fable about a Glitch
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A Fable about Genetic Research
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A Fable about Mites and Men
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A Fable about Protest
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A Fable about Quests
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A Fable about Utility
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Twin Game
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The Crossing
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A Fable About The Resort Business
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A Fable About Crisis
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A Fable About Space/Time
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A Passing Talent
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Rooli, the Slave
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A Fable About A Carbon Footprint
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A Fable About Resurrection
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A Measure Of Respect
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Creature
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Meanings
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A Fable about an Extraordinary Rendition
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Old Shoes
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Trancendental Fable
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A fable about a Sales Pitch
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A fable about Fear
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A fable about Servitude
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Postcards
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hotdog
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Familiar Eyes
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Cruisers
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A Fable about Another Family
Out of concern for the homeless hungry, Cornelius Percy, a successful persimmon farmer, donates a significant portion of every year's crop of the delicious, golden fruits to soup kitchens and free pantries in his community. Each time he drops off produce he jokes to that charity's chief cook, "You know this was Adam's apple a day to keep them damned doctors away."
To which one fellow, a shy man with a husky whisper always replies, "You never know, man. You never know."
Candice, Mr. Percy's wife of eleven years, makes a good business selling imported caps, hats, head scarves, and cheap though pretty Chinese knock-off watches out of a one-door storefront in a less than classy section of town where bolder tourists dare to roam. An ardent conservationist, rain or shine, Candice rides a red-fendered single-geared bicycle to and from her workplace.
Nancy, their nineteen-year old daughter, is a single-minded gamer whose playing handle is Domina Doris. She dropped out of college to pursue an ambition of producing the goriest slaughter score ever in the latest edition of a game named 'Deliver & Die.' She is a slim, attractive, light-complexioned young woman with an easy smile and a penchant for black clothing. She loves showers for the feel of warm water moving over naked skin.
The family meets once a week on Sunday mornings to catch up on relevant matters. They have orderly meetings, take detailed minutes which are routinely followed through. They make a point not to quarrel or complain, and support each other with comfort, humor, or any way else they can.
Keeping to this pattern, the family remains wholesome and happy.
Moral: Beneficence begins with Sunday breakfasts
