All of these tales and fables from The Book of Good Love interpret themes society has about love into stories that incorporates animals, gods and people. Stanza 189 begins the fable of the 'reckless lad' who wishes to marry three women. He marries one women and tells her this plan, but he tests his love by his strength to stop the mill stone. His physical strength can no longer stop the mill stone once he is married, but he falls deeply in love with his first wife and never marries a second one. The message of love here is that love is a different and unique strength, not comparable to any other strength. All of these stories ask the reader to think about love in different context. Relate love to different emotions and human strengths.
The story of the frog and mole tests the truth of love. That love is something to be grown, developed and trusted. The frog tells the mole she loves him and will save him from the watery depths, but this love is false, short and fake. The frog uses the concept of naive love to trick the mole into drowning, but they both end up dying in end.
My favorite fable was at stanza 226. This was the fable of the mastiff that was selfish and thought he could get two pieces of meat. The second piece was only a reflection and when attempted to grab this reflection he dropped his original piece of meat into the lake. Before you let go of what you have you need to trust what you are striving towards. This didn't exactly include love in the fable, but the importance of human knowledge of the situation.
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