Fable and Short story

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

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Short story and fable are semantically related in fairy tale topic. In some cases you can use "Short story" instead a noun "Fable".

Nearby Word: fabled

Short story noun - A work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel.

Usage example: her very first short story was accepted for publication in a local journal

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Fable and short story are semantically related in fairy tale topic. You can use "Fable" instead a noun phrase "Short story".

David Sedaris' short story collection Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk is his (largely successful) attempt to apply the logic of the beast fable to modern concerns.

Source: Beast Fable
Le Guin's short story SQ is a fable about the development of a scientific, accurate method of measuring a person's sanity (the Sanity Quotient score) and the unfortunate effects it has on society.

Source: Sanity Meter
The short story Menagerie: A Child's Fable (which is actually not at all meant for children) is about a group of animals in a pet shop who figure out a way to escape their cages once the owner of the shop mysteriously vanishes, and form their own society.

Source: Humans Are Cthulhu

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