Aesop’s fables
aesop’s fables
aesop’s fables [(ee-suhps, ee-sops)]
a group of stories thought to have been written by aesop, a greek storyteller. the main characters in these stories are animals, and each story demonstrates a moral lesson. (see also “the boy who cried wolf,” “the fox and the grapes,” and “the tortoise and the hare.”)
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