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«Fables and Proverbs» is a collection of Ukrainian poet, folklorist, and ethnographer Levko Borovykovsky, published in 1852 in Kyiv. Borovikovsky called these works fables and fables for a reason. These are two genres that are close, but different. If a fable is mainly satirical, expository literature, then a proverbial tale is closer to humour.

Borovykovsky's fables were a great success, reprinted in various anthologies and collections. Many figurative expressions from the fables passed into folklore (for example: "Hungry Klim called out to the bass: 'The best bird is sausage!