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Aesop's fable: The Fox and the Stork. A fox tricks a stork with soup in a flat dish. The stork invites the fox for dinner, serving food in tall jars, leaving the fox hungry. What is the main theme?

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Expect others to treat you the way you treat them.

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Aesop's fable 'Why the Bat Flies at Night' tells of a bat that switches sides in a war between air and land animals, ultimately leading to its isolation. What is the main lesson?

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People who aren't true to their friends will end up with no one.

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Theme of the Yoruba myth 'Eshu's Hat': Two friends argue over the color of Eshu's hat, one seeing red and the other white. Eshu reveals the truth that the hat has both colors.

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People can see things differently and both be right.

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Filipino folktale: A man with coconuts hurries to the village but keeps losing them. What is the lesson?

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Sometimes rushing can make a task take longer than it needs to.

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Echo and Narcissus: Narcissus, a handsome man, loved only himself. Echo, a mountain goddess, loved him but faded away. Narcissus fell in love with his reflection in a pool and never left it. What is the main theme?

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Don't think too much of yourself.

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Lisheng wanted to please his wife by making her a fox fur coat. He caught a fox, who tricked him into letting go of its tail and escaped. What is the main lesson of this folktale?

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Don't trust someone who has a good reason to lie to you.

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Danish fairy tale: The Emperor's New Clothes. An emperor, seeking admiration, is deceived by two strangers claiming to make invisible cloth visible only to the wise. He pretends to see it, fearing to appear foolish. The townspeople, believing only wise people can see it, also pretend. A child reveals the truth, leading to laughter. What is the main lesson?

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If you pretend to be smarter than you are, you may end up looking foolish.

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Legend of Wountie: A man fishing took too many fish, breaking the river's trust. Wountie, the river spirit, punished him by turning his catch into sticks.

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Do not take more than you need.

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Aesop's fable: A wolf disguises itself in sheepskin to eat a lamb but is caught by the shepherd. What is the lesson?

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Tricking others will only hurt you in the end.

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Main theme of 'The Monkey's Fiddle':

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You may not understand the true worth of something right away.