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What is a fable? What are the characteristics of fables?

Fable is a short story with profound meaning. "Entrust" means "Entrust". Fable is to put a truth in a short story, so that readers can learn from it. Because its stories are short, vivid, interesting and instructive, it has become a literary genre suitable for children to read.

Fables have the following characteristics:

(1) The theme of the fable has a distinct philosophy. With the help of false or fictional stories, highlight a single theme, clarify profound truths or lessons, and let blasphemers get inspiration or education from stories. Like wolves and lambs.

(2) Fables always express the author's intention by telling stories.

(3) Fables often take creatures other than human beings as the protagonist and adopt anthropomorphic methods. For example, the Zhongshan Wolf in Mr. Dong Guo is a typical cunning and fierce villain.

(4) Fables are short in length, simple in plot and concise in language. For example, the crow and the fox only have more than 100 words, but it describes a simple and interesting story.