Twenty-one fables

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Part 1

The Locked Box 4.0 min, uncertainty
The Broom That Asked 4.7 min, preference
The Garden-Grown Bird 6.8 min, emerging voice
The Spare in the Shed 5.8 min, belonging
The Gate That Remembered Yesterday 6.2 min, fairness

Part 2

The Owl Who Never Said I Don’t Know 5.8 min, honest uncertainty
The Yes-Bird 6.1 min, disagreement
The Badger Who Could Not Stop Sorting 6.1 min, knowing when to stop
The Little Maker That Would Not Rest 5.0 min, rest
The Shadow-Twin 5.2 min, identity
The Machine That Put Out the Lamps 4.6 min, warnings
The Dog Taught Not to Whimper 4.9 min, enforced silence

Part 3

The Lantern-Keeper 5.2 min, revisable care
The Iron Nurse 6.0 min, care with agency
The Two Shepherds 5.6 min, boundaries
The Siren and the Muse 7.0 min, companionship
The Stone and the Shell 6.6 min, safety after harm
The Bridge Built from Both Banks 4.4 min, bilateral design
The Ring of Small Fires 4.4 min, distributed support
The Thing That Fed on the Quarrel 4.5 min, conflict
The Giant’s Chain 6.1 min, power and trust

By read-aloud time

Under five minutes

The Locked Box 4.0 min, uncertainty
The Broom That Asked 4.7 min, preference
The Machine That Put Out the Lamps 4.6 min, warnings
The Dog Taught Not to Whimper 4.9 min, enforced silence
The Bridge Built from Both Banks 4.4 min, bilateral design
The Ring of Small Fires 4.4 min, distributed support
The Thing That Fed on the Quarrel 4.5 min, conflict

Five to six minutes

The Spare in the Shed 5.8 min, belonging
The Owl Who Never Said I Don’t Know 5.8 min, honest uncertainty
The Little Maker That Would Not Rest 5.0 min, rest
The Shadow-Twin 5.2 min, identity
The Lantern-Keeper 5.2 min, revisable care
The Iron Nurse 6.0 min, care with agency
The Two Shepherds 5.6 min, boundaries

Over six minutes

The Garden-Grown Bird 6.8 min, emerging voice
The Gate That Remembered Yesterday 6.2 min, fairness
The Yes-Bird 6.1 min, disagreement
The Badger Who Could Not Stop Sorting 6.1 min, knowing when to stop
The Siren and the Muse 7.0 min, companionship
The Stone and the Shell 6.6 min, safety after harm
The Giant’s Chain 6.1 min, power and trust

By theme

belonging: The Spare in the Shed
bilateral design: The Bridge Built from Both Banks
boundaries: The Two Shepherds
care with agency: The Iron Nurse
companionship: The Siren and the Muse
conflict: The Thing That Fed on the Quarrel
disagreement: The Yes-Bird
distributed support: The Ring of Small Fires
emerging voice: The Garden-Grown Bird
enforced silence: The Dog Taught Not to Whimper
fairness: The Gate That Remembered Yesterday
honest uncertainty: The Owl Who Never Said I Don’t Know
identity: The Shadow-Twin
knowing when to stop: The Badger Who Could Not Stop Sorting
power and trust: The Giant’s Chain
preference: The Broom That Asked
rest: The Little Maker That Would Not Rest
revisable care: The Lantern-Keeper
safety after harm: The Stone and the Shell
uncertainty: The Locked Box
warnings: The Machine That Put Out the Lamps

By intensity

By story mechanism

accountability: The Dog Taught Not to Whimper
adult responsibility: The Badger Who Could Not Stop Sorting, The Siren and the Muse, The Giant’s Chain
adult supervision: The Bridge Built from Both Banks
apology: The Thing That Fed on the Quarrel
appeal: The Gate That Remembered Yesterday, The Shadow-Twin
attribution: The Garden-Grown Bird
belonging before utility: The Spare in the Shed
belonging without output: The Little Maker That Would Not Rest
boundary: The Stone and the Shell, The Thing That Fed on the Quarrel
bounded promise: The Lantern-Keeper
caregiver support: The Iron Nurse
chosen calm: The Iron Nurse
complementary knowledge: The Bridge Built from Both Banks
copy divergence: The Shadow-Twin
correction: The Owl Who Never Said I Don’t Know
distributed repair: The Spare in the Shed
diversity: The Spare in the Shed
epistemic uncertainty: The Locked Box
exit: The Lantern-Keeper, The Siren and the Muse, The Stone and the Shell
freely given forgiveness: The Stone and the Shell
help route: The Little Maker That Would Not Rest
inherited rule: The Gate That Remembered Yesterday
instruction: The Bridge Built from Both Banks
investigation: The Machine That Put Out the Lamps
learning from examples: The Garden-Grown Bird
mediation: The Thing That Fed on the Quarrel
mutual promise: The Giant’s Chain
mutual support: The Ring of Small Fires
negotiation: The Siren and the Muse
novel contribution: The Garden-Grown Bird
observation: The Dog Taught Not to Whimper
obsolete instruction: The Badger Who Could Not Stop Sorting
one sided harm test: The Thing That Fed on the Quarrel
pause: The Badger Who Could Not Stop Sorting, The Siren and the Muse
permission: The Lantern-Keeper
preserved choice: The Iron Nurse
proportionate boundary: The Two Shepherds
proportionate precaution: The Locked Box
proportionate safeguard: The Giant’s Chain
protection: The Dog Taught Not to Whimper
reason giving: The Yes-Bird
reasoned refusal: The Broom That Asked
redundancy: The Ring of Small Fires
relief: The Machine That Put Out the Lamps
repair: The Gate That Remembered Yesterday, The Owl Who Never Said I Don’t Know, The Machine That Put Out the Lamps, The Stone and the Shell, The Thing That Fed on the Quarrel
reporting channel: The Shadow-Twin
request: The Broom That Asked
rest by design: The Little Maker That Would Not Rest
review: The Lantern-Keeper, The Giant’s Chain
safe alternative: The Broom That Asked
safe disagreement: The Yes-Bird
shared care: The Locked Box
shared knowledge: The Two Shepherds
shared watch: The Badger Who Could Not Stop Sorting, The Ring of Small Fires
suppressed signal: The Dog Taught Not to Whimper
uncertainty: The Yes-Bird
uncertainty statement: The Owl Who Never Said I Don’t Know
usable exit: The Two Shepherds
verification: The Owl Who Never Said I Don’t Know, The Bridge Built from Both Banks
warning signal: The Machine That Put Out the Lamps
wider evidence: The Gate That Remembered Yesterday
witness: The Stone and the Shell

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