ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Short Story. A fable is a fictional narrative meant to teach a moral lesson.

Detailed explanation-2: -The moral of a fable-an overarching rule to live by that transcends the specifics of the story-is usually stated at the end. For example, in the fable of the wolf and the sheep, a wolf in sheep’s clothing is able to infiltrate the sheep’s pasture without raising any alarm, and easily make a meal out of the sheep.

Detailed explanation-3: -fable, narrative form, usually featuring animals that behave and speak as human beings, told in order to highlight human follies and weaknesses. A moral-or lesson for behaviour-is woven into the story and often explicitly formulated at the end.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Ant and the Grasshopper In this fable, sometimes titled The Grasshopper and the Ant(s), the ant saves food for the winter and the grasshopper does not. When winter comes, the hungry grasshopper begs for food, but the ant refuses to share. The moral is, “Prepare for the days of necessity."

Detailed explanation-5: -Animal Fables. They are the most common, where relationships are established between animals, humans, gods but really the protagonists are the animals. Human fables. Fables of the plant kingdom. Mythological. Inert things. Agonal. Etiological.