fable
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Noun
1. fable, story
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The following passage is a quotation from a well-known fable.
The following passage is an excerpt from a well-known fairy story.
I regaled the devil; he gave me a fable.
In Aesop's Fables is a story called "Sour Grapes".
the fable of the oak and the reed
What's the difference between a fable and a fairytale?