the moral of a fable

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• The Sky Is Falling (fable) — The Sky Is Falling , better known as Chicken Licken , Henny Penny or Chicken Little is an old fable about a chicken (or a hare in early versions) who believes the sky is falling. The phrase, The sky is falling, has passed into the English… …   Wikipedia

• The Mischievous Dog — is a fable attributed to Aesop. It is the story of a dog who is an annoyance to others. The dog s master ties a bell around its neck to warn people. The dog, thinking the bell is a reward, begins to show it off until an older dog reminds him that …   Wikipedia

• Fable (disambiguation) — A fable is a story intended to illustrate a moral.Fable may also refer to:Music* Fable (album), an album by Faye Wong * Fable , a 1991 EP by Switchblade Symphony * Fable (Robert Miles song), a 1996 song by Robert Miles * Fable (Gatsby s American… …   Wikipedia

• FABLE — FABLE, an animal tale (according to the most general and hence most widely accepted definition), i.e., a tale in which the characters are animals, and which contains a moral lesson. The genre also includes tales in which plants or inanimate… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• The Ant and the Grasshopper — also known as The Grasshopper and the Ant or The Grasshopper and the Ants , is a fable attributed to Aesop, providing a moral lesson about hard work and preparation. In the numbering system established for Aesopic fables by B. E. Perry, it is nu …   Wikipedia

• The milkmaid and her pail — is a folktale of Aarne Thompson Uther type 1430 about interrupted daydreams of wealth and fame.[1] Ancient tales of this type exist in the East but Western variants are not found before the Middle Ages. It was only in the 19th century that the… …   Wikipedia

• The Dog in the Manger — The story and metaphor of The Dog in the Manger derives from an old Greek fable which has been transmitted in several different versions. Interpreted variously over the centuries, it is used now of those who spitefully prevent others from having… …   Wikipedia

• The North Wind and the Sun — The wind attempts to strip the traveler of his cloak, illustrated by Milo Winter in a 1919 Aesop anthology …   Wikipedia

• Fable — Fa ble (f[=a] b l), n. [F., fr. L. fabula, fr. fari to speak, say. See {Ban}, and cf. {Fabulous}, {Fame}.] 1. A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• The Fox and the Grapes — is a fable attributed to Aesop. The protagonist, a fox, upon failing to find a way to reach grapes hanging high up on a vine, retreated and said: The grapes are sour anyway! The moral is stated at the end of the fable as:: It is easy to despise… …   Wikipedia

• The Fox and the Crow (Aesop) — The Fox and the Crow is a fable attributed to the ancient Greek slave fabulist Aesop. In the fable, a crow has found a piece of cheese and has retired to a branch to eat it, when a fox approaches. The fox, wanting the cheese for himself, flatters …   Wikipedia