I know this is like a really stupid Question but i have to do it for hwmk. so if you could please giv me an example or explanation. i think its like the little boy who cried wolf, but i am prob. wrong.
2007-09-18 11:18:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
All the rest of the answers are correct, but stopped too soon. There is a modern genre of Fables called "Beast Fables." These Best Fables are such as, Kipling's Jungle Books and Just so stories, Joel Harris' Uncle Remus stories, and George Orwell's Animal Farm.
Because Aesop' Fables are so well written and imbedded in society as THE Fables, the above Fables are seldom mentioned or thought of as fables.
2007-09-18 12:31:37 · answer #1 · answered by Terry 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope, you're exactly right. A fable is a fictional story with a moral or a lesson to it.
Boy Who Cried Wolf & all of the Aesop's fables, like the Fox and the Grapes are good examples.
And the only stupid questions are ones you don't ask...
2007-09-18 11:22:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A fable is a short tale with a moral that usually includes personified animals. Examples are Aesop's fables, like the Tortoise and the Hare.
2007-09-18 11:21:45 · answer #3 · answered by lilyvera 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fables are stories like fairy tales, but they have a moral at the end. The boy who cried wolf has a moral at the end, cinderella doesn't. That's the difference.
2007-09-18 11:24:48 · answer #4 · answered by Windona 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Look under Aesop. He wrote a lot of them. They are stories told to teach a moral lesson.
2007-09-18 11:26:21 · answer #5 · answered by karen wonderful 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a folk tale that has a moral lesson attached like a parable
2007-09-18 11:30:10 · answer #6 · answered by beanerjr 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋