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The Eligible Son-in-LawGreedPious bankers treat daughters as collateral and marriage as a purely financial deal.9+Level 3
The Expatriated BossHonestyPolitical bosses flee prosecution abroad, praise foreign corruption, and still pick pockets.9+Level 3
The Fabulist and the AnimalsHonestyReaders love satire until it targets them, and even the satirist sneaks in without paying.9+Level 4
The Faithful CashierHonestyChurchgoing bank officers embezzle, and their directors hush it up to protect appearances.9+Level 5
The Farmer's FriendHonestyVain politicians pose as the farmer's friend, offering voters easy government loans to win office.9+Level 5
The Fawn and the BuckCourageCowards who claim they avoid fights out of a dangerous temper, not fear.9+Level 3
The Fisher and the FishedHumilityAnglers always brag of huge catches, so admitting a small one would make you godlike.9+Level 2
The Flying-MachineHonestyCrackpot inventors whose failures still win money from a gullible public.9+Level 4
The Fogy and the SheikGreedStubborn traditionalists oppose progress until they see profit in robbing the travellers it attracts.9+Level 2
The Foolish WomanSelf-righteous people who justify murder as punishing wickedness, plus a sneer at sinful Chicago.9+Level 3
The Fugitive OfficeBrawling for government jobs, politicians still claim the office seeks the man.9+Level 4
The Good GovernmentHonestyPatriotic Fourth of July speeches cover for thieving legislators, corrupt courts and crushing taxes.9+Level 5

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The Goose and the SwanOverrated talents: the swan's famed singing does not save her, it kills her.9+Level 3
The Grasshopper and the AntHard workRich hoarders who grow wealthy by taking what the working poor have saved.9+Level 2
The Hardy PatriotsHard workJob seekers hungry for political patronage will endure starvation, but never honest work.9+Level 2
The Hen and the VipersClevernessBenefactors who raise dangerous protégés prove just as ruthless, devouring them first.9+Level 5
The Herdsman and the LionClevernessBelievers who bargain with the gods, then beg to cancel when the answer is a lion.9+Level 2
The Holy DeaconHonestyPious churchmen who cheat fellow preachers and blame the devil for their own theft.9+Level 3
The Highwayman and the TravellerClevernessNewspapers are robbers by another name; a highwayman and his clever victim start one together.9+Level 3
The Honest CadiFairnessJudges who excuse crime for a share of the loot, and call it justice.9+Level 3
The Honest CitizenHonestyVoters praise a man as honest when he merely refused to pay too much for office.9+Level 4
The Honourable MemberHonestyThieving legislators dodge blame with word games, and voters reward them with promotion.9+Level 4
The Humble PeasantGreedIn 1890s patronage politics, even a farmer who seems above ambition wants a government post.9+Level 2
The Ineffective RooterDrunkards who degrade themselves to pig level, and even there seem amateurs to a pig.9+Level 3