fable
noun
[ ˈfeɪb(ə)l ]
• a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.
• "the fable of the sick lion and the wary fox"
fable
verb
• tell fictitious tales.
• "I do not dream nor fable"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French fable (noun), from Latin fabula ‘story’, from fari ‘speak’.
