#Fables

A story about method, and the awkward moment when the thing that carried you across becomes the thing you are carrying.

A story about fate, and a servant who rode all night to escape something he was riding towards.

A story about pain, and the difference between what actually happened to you and what you did to yourself about it afterwards.

A story about grief, and what a mother found when she knocked on every door in her town looking for a cure.

A story about trusting a promise that goes against a person's nature, and who is really responsible when it breaks.

A story about gossip, and the three plain tests that almost nothing you are about to repeat can survive.

A story about flattery, and what a king did to show his court exactly how small he was.

A story about the fight inside a person, and the uncomfortable question of which side you have quietly been supplying.

A story about anger, and how much of it turns out to depend on believing that somebody meant it.

A story about partial knowledge, and how an honest report of what you touched can leave you completely wrong.

A story about slow change, and why the trouble that arrives gradually is the kind we are worst at noticing.

A story about effort, and why working harder stops working when you never stop to sharpen the tool.

A story about resentment, and why the person holding onto it usually pays far more than the person who caused it.

A story about how quickly we call things good or bad, and how often the next turn of events proves us wrong.