A fable is a short tale that features ... concludes with an explicit moral lesson, often expressed in the form of a pithy maxim or saying. Animals that feature in fables are anthropomorphized ...

Now that you know a little more about the man who wrote these moral tales, here are some fast facts about their significance.

Source: J van Kessel/Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain A fable is a short ... explicit moral lesson, often expressed in the form of a pithy maxim or saying. Animals that feature in fables are ...