Short Fables

What Is a Fable?

Fable A short story, told in prose or verse illustrating a moral by giving human qualities to animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature is often confused with parables. A parable is a short story featuring human characters. Fairy tales serve as parables or fables, depending on the style of the story.

Short fables are measured as a type of folk literature. Found in the literature of almost every country, fables were at times, passed from generation to generation as part of oral tradition.

Aesop's Fables

Aesop's Fables is a collection of stories written by Aesop born a slave, who lived in Greece during the 6th century, BC.

The Tortoise and the Hare is the most famous of Aesop's fables. It teaches importance of patience and dangers of exclusive pride by illustrating a race amidst a tortoise and hare who frequently teased him for moving very slowly. The hare overconfident of his abilities decides to take a nap halfway through the race, while the tortoise continues on and eventually wins.

Other famous Aesop's fable consists of:

The Fox and the Goat

The Wolf and the Crane

The Lion and the Mouse

The Fox and the Grapes

The Dog and the Shadow

The Fawn and His Mother

The Ox and the Frog

Short Fables by Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss functions are contemporary causes of fables.

The Lorax

First published in 1971, The Lorax throws light on importance of being kind to the environment. The Once-ler represents industrialized society. The Lorax represents the environment. The Once-ler, entranced with the beauty of the Truffula trees, uses them to make "Thneed" – a garment he claims everyone needed.The Lorax protests, but the Once-ler is greedy doesn’t pay heed. Soon, animals in the forest are hungry, the city polluted, and no more trees are left for the Once-ler to chop down to make his garments.

Yertle the Turtle

Yertle the Turtle, published in 1958, is one of the bestselling children's books of all time. The official title of the book is Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories since it is a collection of three different kid’s fables. On the other hand, the most famous of the stories is the tale of Yertle. As the king of the pond, Yertle attempts to stand on his subjects to reach higher than the moon. The plan appears successful until the bottom turtle burp as well as the peak of turtles topples to the earth. This fable is said to be absolute power as well as condemn fascism; Yertle is mainly thought to represent Adolph Hitler.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

First published in 1957, How Christmas was Stolen by the Grinch, explains how the holiday season despises the Grinch. He concocts a detailed plan to dress up as Santa Claus so he can steal presents, food, and decorations from the residents of Whoville. He is jealous of their happiness during the holidays; however his plan backfires as soon as he comes across the residents of the Whoville still singing merely on Christmas morning. He returns their belongings and is invited to celebrate the holiday with them.