Which Aesop tale is parodied in the Simpsons episode titled "Marge Gets a Job"?
The Boy Who Cried Wolf The Boy Who Cried Wolf is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 210 in the Perry Index. From it is derived the English idiom "to cry wolf", defined as "to give a false alarm" in "Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable" and glossed by the "Oxford English Dictionary" as meaning to make false claims, with the result that subsequent true claims are disbelieved.
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse" is one of Aesop's Fables from ancient times, often retold under that name or assorted variations. Works which include variations on the title or subject matter (or both) of "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse" include: