Fables are the short tales where animals are shown in the stories having human features. It is done to teach and deliver moral values and lessons to people.
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Fables are the short tales. In these tales, mostly animals are shown which have features and qualities like that of humans. The basic purpose of these is to teach moral values and lessons to the people who read these fables. Some people confuse it with Parables. But they are not the same and are different from each other.
Fables originated mostly from the oral tradition only. But today these exist in almost all the cultures of the society. The writer who is most famous who writes these fables is Aesop, who was a Greek slave in around 560 BC. One of the most famous Fable in the world is "The tortoise and the Hare".
This is also written by Aesop which teaches a lesson to the readers that never to be over confident about themselves in any matter.