🎂 Fable writer La Fontaine is born (1621)
His birth house is now a museum full of drawings and prints of his fables.
Where: Château-Thierry
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📅 On This Day: July 8
July 8, 1621: Fable writer La Fontaine is born. On 8 July 1621, Jean de La Fontaine was born in Château-Thierry, France. He wrote fables in verse, like The Ant and the Grasshopper and The Fox and the Crow, which French children still learn by heart.
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🧠 Question of the day
Who often appears in La Fontaine's fables?
- Aliens
- Animals
- Robots
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Answer: Animals
Questions
What happened on July 8?
July 8, 1621: Fable writer La Fontaine is born. It happened in Château-Thierry.
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