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fable

2 definitions • 2 examples

1

a short story that tells a general truth or is only partly based on fact, or literature of this type:

Examples:

the fable of the tortoise and the hare

2

a short story that tells a moral truth, often using animals as characters:

Examples:

Latisha loves the fable about the grasshopper and the ant.

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