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Noun
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Apparently all mothers, even surrogate mothers, were alike, but at least Adele no longer had to fear monitory parables from her real mother.
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On Sundays, O’Neal’s father preached hope from the pulpit, stories of his family intertwined with morals and truths and parables.
Noun
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Explore the Wild West from the back of a rickety wagon as characters share famed fables about Paul Bunyan, Babe the Blue Ox, Pecos Bill, John Henry and Hekeke.
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My dad’s stories about his grade-school experience felt like dark fables, peppered with slurs hurled at him by classmates.
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Be ready to build off every answer and boldly prompt for personal anecdotes that bring stories to life.
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Peppered throughout the book are anecdotes from founding and existing farms and vendors, market shoppers, local politicians and other Yolo County luminaries.
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Such false narratives are dangerous.
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Pushing those narratives forward for the time being means more than this weekend’s series against the Dodgers or next week’s four-game trek to Chavez Ravine.
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