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The narrator of this story is Gimpel, and is called Gimpel the Fool by the people in his village. He declares immediately that he doesn't think himself a fool; however, his community gave him that name when he was still a schoolboy. Gimpel is an orphan whose grandfather took him in when his parents died; however, the grandfather soon had to turn him over to the local baker because he was too old to look after him. He says that he has seven names in all: "imbecile, donkey, flax-head, dope, glump, ninny, and fool." It's the last one that has endured. (
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