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DescriptionFables are allegorical tales, illustrating a moral or satirizing human behavior. The characters of a fable are usually personified animals. Important collections of fables are those of Aesop, Jean de la Fontaine, Ivan Krylov, the Buddhist Jataka tales, and the Indian Panchatantra.

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