la Fon‧taine, Jean de /læ fɒnˈteɪn $ lɑː fɑːn-, ʒɒn də $ ʒɑːn-/
(1621–95) a French poet, famous for his Fables, a collection of short stories which teach a moral lesson. The characters in these stories are usually animals that speak, and many of them are based on stories by the ancient Greek writer Aesop.

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