Since you did not mention the NAME of the fable in your question, no one can answer this question.
A Fable is a type of Genre. Characters and places in a fable may not be true. In a fable they try to teach the character a lesson.
The purpose of fable is to teach the reader a lesson.
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The Aesop fable are usually animal stories which are thre to teach us a lesson.
The Hare and the Tortoise is a fable, which is a short story that uses animals to teach a moral lesson.
a folk tale teaches a lesson indirectly.
His fables are used to teach a lesson about life.
The purpose of a fable is to teach a lesson in an entertaining way.
by making the first fable a prophecy that foretold the coming of the two children of the sun to teach people.
to illustrate a moral or general truth about human nature. apex
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A message that is meant to teach a lesson about human nature is called a fable.