Fable and Telling

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

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

Nearby Word: fabled

Telling noun - Informing by words.

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Fable and telling are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fable" instead a noun "Telling".

Nearby Words: tell, teller, telly

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
The King of the Hill episode "Death of a Propane Salesman" has Kahn telling an old Laotian fable that is animated in a sketchy papyrus style.

Source: Art Shift
In Legend of the Five Rings, the Scorpion Clan's motto is "I can swim", from their telling of the fable of the Scorpion.

Source: Insult Backfire

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