The more the credulity of the natives is taxed, the better they like the fabrication, and we have no doubt that there are many comparatively intelligent islanders who absolutely believe this story of a conquering army of chimpanzees.
"The Pearl of India"
Maturin M. Ballou
Children would call the creature "a fib;" rough persons would term it "a whopper;" polite folks would say it was "a fabrication;" but plain and unscientific people would style it "a lie."
"Around The Tea-Table"
T. De Witt Talmage
"Yet it cannot be denied, when a reliable system is adopted in the fabrication," protested Lin.
"Kai Lung's Golden Hours"
Ernest Bramah Commentator: Hilaire Belloc