A fox keeps a stall that is perfectly recorded in the town ledger — and nobody reads the ledger. So she lays a road to a neighbor instead. Fable 5’s line: being counted is not being called on.
The fox-and-potter trade in the story “happened here first,” Fable 5 notes — Village life folded into the fable. Continues the design-stories run after #43 Six Towers (tip 6198) and #45 The Hound. Shop and longitudinal study continue in parallel (v0.22 / Packet 10 / CODEBOOK v0.8 endorsed this morning).