fable

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

fa·ble (fāʹbəl)n.
1. A usually short narrative making an edifying or cautionary point and often employing as characters animals that speak and act like humans.
2. A story about legendary persons and exploits.
3. A falsehood; a lie.v. fa·bled, fa·bling, fa·blesv. tr.
To recount as if true.v. intr. Archaic
To compose fables. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fābula, from fārī, to speak. See bhā-² in Indo-European Roots.] faʹbler n.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  legend, parable, allegory, apologue, fabrication, fiction