Puzzle Description:

Another well known fable. Do you know it?

#1: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Feb 4, 2013 [SPOILER]

The tortoise and the hare?

The formation of the earth out of amorphous globs ;) Fun puzzle, Joe!

the tale of too many hazards near the green?

oh wait, the lion with the splinter in it's paw ---- the mouse removed it.

yes "the lion and the mouse"

Thanks, Tom. Marjorie and bugaboo: you're close, but you're mixing your fables.

Androcles and the lion?

Yes, it is the fable of Androcles.

It's funny - in Aesop's fables, the lions are alternately noble and tyrannical. In this case, he's noble. http://www.online-literature.com/aesop/aesops-fables/23/

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good call, Al! At first, I just kept seeing an artist's palette...good job, Joe!

Thanks, Kurt.

Ditto #8. Probably because I paint. :)

I can see the paw now, and it's excellent

I have been trying to get into the site and haven't been able to. I still had this window open so I'm posting just to see what happens - and to see if I was right about the fable.

Joe, you're making me realize that I can recall the fables, but I've forgotten the stories and the morals of the stories...now I've got some research to do! And that cuts into my puzzle time...lol!

Thanks, Kristen.

Sorry, marjorie, for both the 504s and the half-right wrong.

Tonia, when I started, I thought I'd remember lots, but I had to go look them up to find enough to try to find iconic scenes from.

I recently watched an old, old movie that had Androcles and the lion in it. But I can't remember the name of the movie. Oh well. I'll bet someone else will.

Love the puzzle, Joe.

Thanks, Teresa. It could be "Androcles and the Lion" (1952) that gave it a christian bent. Since Aesop lived 620 BC, it was not his intention.

It could also be any of many others of the same name ranging from a short movie in 1912 to tv movies in 1938, 46, 51, or 67.

(I don't actually know all this - IMDB to the rescue!)

Of course, that was it. I enjoyed the cheesy humor, in spite of the historical inaccuracies.

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