"There is nothing new under the sun." Everyone knows that the same stories get rewitten different ways countless numbers of times.

Below is an example.

Aesop, the King of Fables, wrote a fable about "Avaricious and Envious."
Victor Hugo wrote a poem called "Envy and Avarice," based on the fable.
I wrote a short story, "Prince Jack," based loosely on Hugo's poem.

Read the three versions yourself, and decide which version you like the best. mail me and let me know.

Both translations of Aesop's fable, and Hugo's poem are in the public domain. Prince Jack is copyright 2000, John Newmark, All Rights Reserved