Fable
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| - | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007] | + | A '''fable''' is a brief, succinct story, in prose or verse, that features [[animal]]s, [[plant]]s, [[inanimate|inanimate objects]], or [[nature|forces of nature]] which are [[anthropomorphized]] (given [[human]] qualities), and that illustrates a [[moral]] lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be expressed [[explicit]]ly in a pithy [[maxim (saying)|maxim]]. |
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| + | A fable differs from a '''[[parable]]''' in that the latter ''excludes'' animals, plants, inanimate objects, and forces of nature as actors that assume speech and other powers of mankind.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007] | ||
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A fable is a brief, succinct story, in prose or verse, that features animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature which are anthropomorphized (given human qualities), and that illustrates a moral lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be expressed explicitly in a pithy maxim.
A fable differs from a parable in that the latter excludes animals, plants, inanimate objects, and forces of nature as actors that assume speech and other powers of mankind.[1] [May 2007]
