Tigrinya Fable Story Fables are oral literatures that is passed down from generation to generation and is used to convey a lesson. They are usually brief stories that entertain while illustrating or teaching a moral lesson. The meaning of the stories can be obvious or so subtly veiled that one has to look about to figure it out. The stories might be about animals that can communicate and act like humans, plants, or natural forces. Natural forces influence things to happen in the story because o