KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -Folktale is a story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth. A fable is a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral. The main difference between folktale and fable is that fables always teach a moral lesson to the readers, but not all folktales have a moral.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fables are stories that are passed down, with a good lesson to be learned, and are about animals, plants, or forces of nature that are humanlike. Fairy tales are stories that are specifically for kids, involve magical characters, have good and evil characters, and generally start with “once upon a time.”

Detailed explanation-3: -A fable is a story that often criticizes human nature and uses animals or inanimate objects instead of humans. Fables usually have a moral. The Columbia Encyclopedia, gives a fuller definition: “A fable is a brief allegorical narrative, in verse or prose, illustrating a moral thesis or satirizing human beings.