n. 25B6; noun
the fable of the wary fox : MORAL TALE, parable, apologue, allegory.
the fables of ancient Greece : MYTH, legend, saga, epic, folk tale, folk story, fairy tale, mythos, mythus; folklore, mythology.
it's a fable that I have a taste for fancy restaurants : FALSEHOOD, fib, fabrication, made-up story, invention, fiction, falsification, fairy story/tale, cock-and-bull story; lie, untruth, half-truth, exaggeration; story, rumour, myth; informal tall story; Brit. informal porky (pie).