Aesop's Fables

Cultural Dictionary
Aesop's fables [(ee-suhps, ee-sops)]

A group of stories thought to have been written by Aesop, a Greek storyteller. The main characters in these stories are animals, and each story demonstrates a moral lesson. (See alsoThe Boy Who Cried Wolf,” “The Fox and the Grapes,” andThe Tortoise and the Hare.”)

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Aesop's Fables is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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aesop's fables

noun
a collection of fables believed to have been written by the Greek storyteller Aesop 
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