Lord of the Flies to a fictional town that has appeared in a number of his novels. The book itself appears prominently in his novels "Hearts in Atlantis" (1999), "Misery" (1987), and "Cujo" (1981). Stephen King wrote an introduction for a new edition of "Lord of the Flies" (2011) to mark the centenary of William Golding's birth in 2011. The novel "Garden Lakes" by Jaime Clarke is an homage to "Lord of the Flies". The final song on U2's debut album "Boy" (1980) takes its title, "Shadows and Tall Trees", from Chapter 7 in the book. Iron Maiden wrote a song inspired by the
The Fox, the Flies and the Hedgehog The Fox, the Flies and the Hedgehog The fable of the fox, the flies and the hedgehog is ascribed to Aesop’s Fables. From its beginning it was applied satirically to political leaders and is numbered 427 in the Perry Index. An enfeebled fox is plagued by flies, ticks or mosquitoes, of which a hedgehog offers to rid her. The fox refuses such help on the grounds that the insects have already gorged themselves on her blood and hardly trouble her now, but they would inevitably be succeeded by new swarms if removed. The fable is mentioned by Aristotle in his