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Length is not an essential matter in the definition of an apologue.

Those of La Fontaine are often very short, as, for example, " Le Coq et la Perle " (" The Cock and the Pearl ").

On the other hand, in the romances of Reynard the Fox we have medieval apologues arranged in cycles, and attaining epical dimensions.

An Italian fabulist, Corti, is said to have developed an apologue of " The Talking Animals " reaching twenty-six cantos.