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A story with a moral appended is like the bill of a mosquito. It bores you, and then injects a stinging drop to irritate your conscience.

O. Henry
Bores You, Mosquitoes, Stories
O. Henry (2006). “Selected Stories”, p.346, Penguin
A story with a moral appended is like the bill of a mosquito. It bores you, and then injects a stinging drop to irritate your conscience.