A
fable is a special kind of short story made up to teach a lesson. Fables are often about animals who can talk
and act like people. The lesson to be
learned is usually made clear in the end by what one of the animals wisely
says.
Many
fables are many hundreds of years old. Among
the best-known fables are those by Aesop.
Aesop is believed to have been a slave in ancient Greece and a skillful
storyteller. His stories are simple
moral lessons.
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Nearly
everyone knows Aesop’s fable, “The Lion and the Mouse.” A mouse persuades a lion not to kill
him. Later the lion is captured and tied
up by hunters. The mouse frees the lion
by gnawing away the ropes.
The
lesson to be learned in this fable is: “Little friends may prove to be valuable
friends.” Today
some fables are written in the form of newspaper comic strips.–Dick Rogers
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