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DO SOME FEBRUARY FABLES





                                            B. Lee Coyne, ATMS




      Are you out there hibernating from doing your             •  The mean crocodile in
      next TM speech? Time to emerge and bear the                   Peter Pan
      happy consequences. Fables are fabulous.                  •  Baloo the bear in The Jungle Book
          By way of definition our friendly dictionary           •  Sebastian the crab in Little Mermaid

      thus describes: “A short narrative making an               Take any one of the above and give that tale
      edifying point and often employing animal              your original spin. Or check out Mother Goose
      characters.”                                           for added inspiration. Even the comics can
          Here’s a chance to exercise that enchanted         be your fabled resource. Feel in the

      imagination we often pass over. Animals are             doghouse? Try Snoopy!!
      popular characters embodied in fables. Let’s
      use Disney movies as a meaningful example.
      Consider:

          •  Mickey Mouse in The Sorcerers
             Apprentice
          •  The mother deer in Bambi
          •  Jiminy Cricket in Pinocchio

          •  Brer Fox in Song of the South.



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