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Fields of Gold

Story summary

On his deathbed a father knows his sons well and tricks them out of their laziness with the promise of gold in the fields.

 

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Key themes

  • Fatherly love
  • Incentive
  • Deception
  • Greed
  • Laziness

Fables

  • The Boy who Cried 'Wolf'!
  • Catwoman
  • The Divided Body
  • The Donkey and the Wolf
  • The Farmer's Daughter
  • Fields of Gold
  • Friends
  • The Gnat
  • Hot and Cold Air
  • The Lion's Share
  • Mother Monkey
  • Of Mice and Cats
  • The Old Man, Boy and Donkey
  • The Slave and the Lion
  • The Sun and the North Wind
  • Table Manners
  • The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
  • Unity
  • The Vain Crow
  • Winter is Coming

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