Fable

A brief narrative that uses characters and events, often animals or symbolic figures, to convey a moral lesson.

Moral: A lesson about conduct or values drawn from a story or argument. The moral is the lesson a fable is designed to convey.
The Tortoise and the Hare: A fable in which a slow tortoise defeats an overconfident hare in a race. Its contrast between persistence and arrogance makes the moral unmistakable.
Aesop: An ancient Greek fabulist traditionally credited with a collection of animal stories and moral tales. Many familiar fables circulated under his name, though their authorship is uncertain.
Parable: A short illustrative story that conveys a moral or religious lesson, often through human characters. Parables share an instructive purpose but usually rely less on animal personification.
Personification: A figure of speech that gives human qualities to nonhuman beings or abstract ideas. Fables often make animals or objects speak and act like people.
The Fox and the Grapes: A fable in which a fox dismisses grapes it cannot reach as sour. The story gives a memorable image of rationalizing an unattained desire.
Aesop's Fables: A collection of fables attributed to Aesop and transmitted in numerous versions. It became the best-known body of stories associated with the genre.
Myth: A traditional narrative that explains origins, cosmic order, or sacred practice through extraordinary events. Myths address foundational beliefs, while fables typically focus on conduct and practical lessons.
Allegory: A narrative or representation in which characters and events carry a sustained secondary meaning. Fables use symbolic characters, though their meanings are usually simpler and more direct.
The Boy Who Cried Wolf: A fable about a shepherd boy whose false alarms make villagers ignore a real wolf attack. It shows how repeated deception destroys the credibility needed in a crisis.

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