noun (plural fables)
A fable is a fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, birds etc as characters; an apologue. Here's mine;

NO SUCH THING AS ENOUGH

An acorn dropped to the ground and Theo, the squirrel scurried after it.

"No Theo!", Bessie cried "We already have enough acorns. Let's go"

"There's no such thing as enough", Theo said with a grin as he picked the acorn up.

"Can we go now?", Bessie shrugged, not really waiting for a reply as she had already begun walking back home.

Theo looked around to make sure there were no more acorns lying on the ground. Then as he was about to follow after Bessie, he saw an acorn lying beside a shrub through the corner of his eyes. He smiled to himself as he went after it.

As he picked it up, he received the greatest shock of his life. He had just picked up the head of a snake. His fate was now the snake's to decide. Greed doesn't pay afterall.