A group of proud men owned vast corporations spanning the whole world. A fable about skullduggery, corporations and the people they serve or harm.

Hungry crows descended on a farmer’s field of golden corn, ignoring first a scarecrow and then his shouting. A fable about provocation, and ignoring the warning signs.

A farmer’s faithful dog was moved to the barn to make room for a cat that caught rats. A fable about privilege, and how quickly a favoured position can be lost.

Zeus summoned all the Gods to a banquet in his honour, but the water nymph Khelônê did not attend. A fable about blind loyalty, honest dissent and personal responsibility.

A greedy Partridge gulped down a free meal of seed and sprang the trap that caged it. A fable about betrayal, and freedom bought by sacrificing others.

A young frog gathered the others to announce an amazing discovery of significant importance. A fable about pomposity, and how revealing what you know shows what you don’t.

A boy walking along the beach found hundreds of starfish washed up by a high tide, and another boy cutting them apart. A fable about kindness, and why every single act amounts to something.

A proud Stallion led a large herd across vast prairies, until a pile of free oats appeared on a mound. A fable about liberty, and the cost of trading it for security.

There was once a Healer who sought to cure the ill and heal the sick, claiming powers granted by celestial beings. A fable about loyalty, and oaths that hold Truth in darkness.

A magnificent stag, blinded in one eye, grazed by the riverbank watching only the land for danger. A fable about hindsight, and trouble arriving from the direction least expected.