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In natural English speech, "fable" appears in contexts such as: "So I mean that interest in that kind of genre fiction combined with my knowledge of Eastern fable and folktale and fairytale, you know, and all of that went towards turning into the writer that I became.". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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So I mean that interest in that kind of genre fiction combined with my knowledge of Eastern

fable and folktale and fairytale, you know, and all of that went towards turning into the writer that I became.

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noun

A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.

Synonyms:morality play

noun

Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.

“But refuſe prophane and olde wiues fables, and exerciſe thy ſelfe rather vnto godlineſſe.”

Synonyms:legend

verb

To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true.

“He Fables not, I heare the enemie: / Out ſome light Horſemen, and peruſe their Wings.”

verb

To make up; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely; to recount in the form of a fable.

“[…] erre not that ſo ſhall end / The ſtrife of Glorie: which we mean to win, / Or turn this Heav’n itſelf into the Hell / Thou fableſt […]”

Synonyms:make up invent feign devise

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