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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 Craft
There was a shrewd young fellow of confident mien and swagger whose driving ambition was to acquire extreme wealth. His practice was developed by twisting every circumstance to personal benefit - and he became nimble at it.
One most successful enterprise was motivational speeches in which he stated irrelevancies with a passion that sweat-soaked dozens of his handkerchiefs each session.
For fifty-five minutes he went on about the fullness of a half-empty glass, the texture of warm colors, the moods of a zephyr, and how periwinkles connect Europe and Africa and Asia - all of this somehow relevant to controlling one's given vicissitudes, provided they followed his particular guidance.
(How-To Textbooks, CD's, audiotapes, and videos were available in the lobby).
His persuasive talents earned quick millions.
So pleased with himself, he procured a mansion and a townhouse, and several expensive cars, and a thoroughbred or two with their appurtenances.
Soon afterwards, consequence of an extravagant lifestyle, our hero contracted a wasting incurable.
He is but thirty-two years old.
Moral: Some who the Gods wish to spite receive longer lives.