They are distinguished from fables in that they typically feature human characters.
Ignacy Krasicki wrote a number of fables in addition to writing this type of story. One story of this type tells about a man who loses one of his one hundred sheep, and that story appears before one about a lost coin. Another one is about the Friend at Night, and yet another is about the Good Samaritan. They are distinguished from fables in that they typically feature human characters. Plato's Republic contains one about a cave. For 10 points, name these stories, examples of which include one about the Prodigal Son.
Ignacy Krasicki wrote a number of fables in addition to writing this type of story.
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