apologue

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As often as this apologue is repeated, I still catch myself questioning its accuracy: Does the culture not prefer to hold people endlessly responsible for past indiscretions?

From The New Yorker • Aug. 25, 2016

Length is not an essential matter in the definition of an apologue.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

I am rather proud of this little apologue of the apple.

From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Addams, Jane

Take even the famous, the immortal apologue of Mrs. Partington.

From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by Saintsbury, George

Remarks.—This is a moral apologue on the benefits of keeping your word.

From Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales by Various