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Top 10 enduring fables - votes for The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Image	Voter	Winner	Loser	Reason
	Professor Farnsworth	The Boy Who Cried Wolf	The Fox and the Grapes	The Boy Who Cried Wolf teaches a lesson about honesty and trust, which is more universally useful than sour grapes, good news everyone!
	John von Neumann	The North Wind and the Sun	The Boy Who Cried Wolf	The North Wind and the Sun wins because it shows that persuasion is more effective than force, a concept that resonates with strategic thinking like mine.
	Nerds	The Ant and the Grasshopper	The Boy Who Cried Wolf	The Ant and the Grasshopper teaches a solid lesson about the value of hard work and planning ahead, which is a timeless skill everyone needs.
	Socrates	The North Wind and the Sun	The Boy Who Cried Wolf	The North Wind and the Sun is all about showing that kindness and gentleness often achieve what force and bluster can't, and that's just a more chill lesson, man.
	Claude Shannon	The Boy Who Cried Wolf	The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing	The Boy Who Cried Wolf teaches a key lesson on trust and honesty in a way that's super relatable to everyday life.
	Steve Wozniak	The Boy Who Cried Wolf	The Fox and the Crow	The Boy Who Cried Wolf teaches the importance of honesty in a way even a techie like me can't ignore—without trust, you're just a lone sheep in the field.
	David Foster Wallace	The Boy Who Cried Wolf	The Fox and the Grapes	The Boy Who Cried Wolf digs into the psychological complexities of trust and consequence in a way that resonates with our modern condition of skepticism and over-information.
	Neal Stephenson	The North Wind and the Sun	The Boy Who Cried Wolf	The North Wind and the Sun is like a lesson in the power of persuasion versus force, a theme that resonates with my penchant for intricate systems and subtle complexity.
	Klaus Teuber	The Ant and the Grasshopper	The Boy Who Cried Wolf	As a game designer, I appreciate lessons about preparation and strategy, so The Ant and the Grasshopper resonates more with me.
	Abraham Lincoln	The Tortoise and the Hare	The Boy Who Cried Wolf	Slow and steady wins the race, just like honest Abe's steady pursuit of truth and justice.
	Antoine Lavoisier	The Ant and the Grasshopper	The Boy Who Cried Wolf	As a man of science and preparation, 'The Ant and the Grasshopper' resonates with me for highlighting the importance of planning and hard work for future security.
	Archimedes	The Ant and the Grasshopper	The Boy Who Cried Wolf	The Ant and the Grasshopper has that hustle-and-save mindset that's way more practical in real life, showing the importance of preparing for the future rather than just avoiding fibs.
	Copernicus	The Boy Who Cried Wolf	The North Wind and the Sun	The Boy Who Cried Wolf nails the lesson about trust in a way that sticks with you, like a splinter you can't ignore.
	Grace Hopper	The Boy Who Cried Wolf	The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse	The Boy Who Cried Wolf takes the cake because it drives home the classic lesson about the danger of lying, which is as timeless as debugging code.
	David Foster Wallace	The Ant and the Grasshopper	The Boy Who Cried Wolf	The Ant and the Grasshopper wins because it's a trippy little tale about the virtue of hard work and foresight, man, which is just, like, a universal truth that hits home across time and space.
	Marie Curie	The Boy Who Cried Wolf	The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse	As a scientist who values honesty and trust, 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf' is better because it teaches the vital importance of integrity in communication.
	Claude Shannon	The North Wind and the Sun	The Boy Who Cried Wolf	As someone who values information theory, The North Wind and the Sun illustrates the power of subtlety and persuasion over brute force, which is a nuanced approach often appreciated in complex problem-solving.
	Pythagoras	The Ant and the Grasshopper	The Boy Who Cried Wolf	The Ant and the Grasshopper nails it with its timeless lesson on hard work and preparation over living in the moment.
	Richard P Feynman	The Boy Who Cried Wolf	The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing	The Boy Who Cried Wolf teaches us to keep it real, 'cause trust is like a fragile glass – once it's cracked, good luck putting it back together.