At Does Fable Mean?

Fable is a literary genre: a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are anthropomorphized, and that ...

Whats does fable mean?

1 : a story that is not true. 2 : a story in which animals speak and act like people and which is usually meant to teach a lesson. More from Merriam-Webster on fable.

What is a fable example?

A fable is a short story that illustrates a moral lesson. ... For example, in the fable of the wolf and the sheep, a wolf in sheep's clothing is able to infiltrate the sheep's pasture without raising any alarm, and easily make a meal out of the sheep. The moral of the story is that appearances can be deceiving.