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• fables — a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue: the fable of the tortoise and the hare; Aesop's fables.
• novels — Roman Law. an imperial enactment subsequent and supplementary to an imperial compilation and codification of authoritative legal materials. Usually, Novels. imperial enactments subsequent to the promulgation of Justinian's Code and supplementary to it: one of the four divisions of the Corpus Juris Civilis.
• tales — a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story: a tale about Lincoln's dog.
• anecdotes — a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
• fancies — imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.