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“The Appointment in Samarra”
W. Somerset Maugham
Fable
Guy runs from death, only to run to where he was going to die
“The Fox and the Grapes”
Aesop
Fable
“Godfather Death”
Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm
Tale
man with death as his godfather becomes rich by predicting the fate of a patient based on where Death is standing. He opposes Death, leading to his own death.
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