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1980? Tortoise and Hare Toothbrushes. NY: Avon Products. Source and date unknown.

Who would have thought of it?! The two simple plastic toothbrushes match one another well. The tortoise gets a unicycle and the hare a carrot to fill out their…

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2000? Tote bag from the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel. DEM 5 from the library, July, '01.

The reproduction on this tote bag features the same image used on the cover of the library's publication Fabula Docet, namely the illustration…

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1990? Irish linen hand towel featuring the hare riding the tortoise across the finish line. 19" x 30". "Irish Linen, Made in Ireland" says one sticker, and another marking notes "Pure Irish Linen." Another marking reads "Dunmoy, Reg." $5.99…

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1990? French aluminum trivet portraying FC. 8" in diameter. 40 Francs from Nelly Skutecki, Monflanquin, France, through Ebay, Nov., '01.

Now, who would ever have thought that a fable would present the motif for a trivet?! I was surprised to see…

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1950? Aesop's Fable Wallpaper. Pink and white. Four rolls 22" wide. $60 from Charles Luther, Mohawk, NY, through Ebay, April, '00.

I never would have suspected that there is Aesopic wallpaper! The paper here features a repetition of two scenes…

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1990? Copper, brass, and wood weathervane artpiece. The rabbit is copper, 14" x 5½". The turtle is brass, 5" x 2½". They are mounted on a wooden peg, and the peg is mounted on a wooden base. A brass plate on the base is marked "Tortoise and the…

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2008 Two refrigerator magnets, each about 3½" x 5", presenting GA and "The Ant and the Chrysalis," respectively. $3.60 each from Mark and Judy Cooke, Elkhart, IN, through eBay, Oct., '08.

Here is another new one on me! I never would have thought…

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2023 Series of three new refrigerator magnets representing three fables of La Fontaine. €9.90 from cosmicbox on Ebay, Sept., '23.

I am only beginning to learn that there is a significant market for refrigerator magnets! Here are three magnets…
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