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The word '''fable''' comes from the Latin ''fabula,'' where it simply means "story."
In the English-speaking world, the word is closely associated with ''Æsop's Fables,'' a collection of stories attributed to the ancient Greek "Æsop the Slave," who lived in the sixth century BC. In 1483, [[William Caxton]], one of the first printers in England, published an English translation. Æsop's fables are short stories, obviously fictitious, usually involving talking animals as characters, which make some point about morality or human nature.
==An example of one of Æsop's fables==
==An example of one of Æsop's fables==
Two travellers, worn out by the heat of the summer's sun, laid
Two travellers, worn out by the heat of the summer's sun, laid