Fable and Moral

Fable

Fable noun - A story intended to teach a basic truth or moral about life.

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Moral and fable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Moral" instead a noun "Fable".

Nearby Word: fabled

Moral noun - The significance of a story or event.

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Fable and moral are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fable" instead a noun "Moral".

original	original fable	original moral
actual	actual fable	actual moral
entire	entire fable	entire moral
political	political fable	political moral
Other adjectives: nonsensical, upcoming, environmentalist.

The Aesop and Son shorts on the Rocky and Bullwinkle show had Aesop telling his son a fable with a moral, followed by his son proposing an alternate moral (which was inevitably a pun).

Source: Alternate Aesop Interpretation
He had a version of the mouse fable mentioned below - his moral is roughly the same as Potter's.

Source: Beast Fable
In one episode, Aesop laughs at a joke he heard days ago and tells his son a fable with the moral "He who laughs last laughs best".

Source: Late to the Punchline

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