Aesop’s Code

 # aesop.py — a life told in functions

chains = True

tongue = "sharp"

stories = []

def speak(truth, to_power):

    if to_power and truth:

        return "danger"

    return "wisdom"

def fable(animals, lesson):

    stories.append({"cast": animals, "moral": lesson})

    return lesson

# origins: uncertain, like any good parable

birthplace = None

status = "enslaved"

# he observes the world

for creature in ["fox", "lion", "crow", "ant", "wolf"]:

    insight = fable(

        animals=[creature],

        lesson=f"even the {creature} has something to teach"

    )

# his voice grows

risk = speak(truth=True, to_power=True)

if risk == "danger":

    fate = "silenced"

else:

    fate = "free"

# but code, like stories, persists

legacy = [m["moral"] for m in stories]

print("Aesop’s life compiles into:", legacy)