The Nick Klaus's Fables

The Nick Klaus’s Fables

by Frederic Colier

The
Nick Klaus’s
Fables

By Frederic Colier

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The Nick
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Copyright © 2013 by Frederic
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File under: Young Adult Fiction. Fables,
Mythology, Fairy Tales.

To Juliet, Gretchen and
Nancy

Note to the Reader:

I am offering a sample of these fables as a sounding
board in the hope to hear your reaction and get your feedback. Read
them to your kid(s) before bedtime or with your family around the
kitchen table, or later at night in front of the fireplace. Like
all fables, those pieces are short and can be read under five
minutes. Preferably they should be read in groups. To this end, and
in order to make your task more inviting to coaxing guests, I set
up the book like a game. In this game, you have to come up with
your own moral. At the end of each fable, you will be asked to find
the lesson you think the characters should learn or should have
learned. Don’t be fooled. It is not an easy task. I am always
amazed at how many different opinions and responses there can be
for a single fable. Indeed my own tests have led on many occasions
to heated debates. When it was not the children disagreeing with
each other, most often were the parents. You have been warned. Do
not think for a second that reading fables is a passive hobby. It
takes and requires lots of concentration, respect, fairness, and
judgment.

My goal, however, is not to stir trouble: see
children storm out of the room, witness friendships ending or
divorce taking place, but rather to generate a dialogue. This is
why the morals (what I think the fables meant when I wrote them)
are grouped at the end of the book in a separate chapter. When in
doubt consult them. There will be plenty more opportunities to
prove your rightness.

I’m already more than halfway through this volume.
My goal is to bring the entire number of fables to ninety-nine,
maybe one hundred if inspiration has not abandoned me by then. Be
that as it may, it is guaranteed to entertain you, your friends and
family, for a while.

Let me know about your children
and your family members’ reactions. You can reach me via email
at
Feedback
. Thank you for
your time and thoughts.

Frederic Colier

Table of
Contents

Foreword

The Fabulist’s Fable
(#1)

The Girl and the Tree
(#2)

The Lion and The
Monkey
(#3)

The Dog Too Close To The
Ground
(#4)

The Boots and The
Stairs
(#5)

Two Fleas on a Rainy
Day
(#6)

The Big Plastic Day
(#7)

Pony Tale
(#8)