Two Dogs and a Stone is a fable by Maro Dafnikis. It addresses the morality of being loyal in the face of a desire to get quality sleep.

Notable for its wide influence in the ancient world, it became famous for having been completely lost from the record during the middle ages. There is no documented evidence that can suggest what the fable was about, what the plot was and, specifically, what were the dogs' names.

Scholars vehemently disagree on everything about the fable.

The origins of the fable are lost in the intricate maze of fables about Maro Dafnikis herself. Known primarily for her height, she emerged as a rising star of what was a small society of writers, united under the banner of “Composers of the Ancient Scrolls”. This was an inside joke, which had later grown into the concept behind the group, that for future generations their writings were going to be notable simply because of age.

Composers then dedicated their lives to creating a vast body of literary work, and have expended a lot of effort to distributing their work widely.

The irony of the situation is that it seems likely that not a single piece of their work has survived to this day and, in fact, the history of the Composers of the Ancient Scrolls is under question. Even if such a group actually existed, and even if they did set the goal of becoming authors, studied by future generations simply due to the age of their work, we have no documented historical facts about who these people were, what they wrote and, ultimately, if this whole story is not just a fabrication, created for recreational purposes.