apologue

Noun
  1. A short moral story (often with animal characters) (synset 106383718)
    is a type of: story - a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
    subtypes: aesop's fables - a collection of fables believed to have been written by the Greek storyteller Aesop
    specific instances: pilgrim's progress - an allegory written by John Bunyan in 1678
    same as: allegory, fable, parable

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