A fable differs from a [[parable]] in that the latter excludes [[animals]], plants, inanimate objects, and [[forces]] of [[nature]] as actors that [[assume]] [[speech]] and other [[powers]] of [[humankind]]. | A fable differs from a [[parable]] in that the latter excludes [[animals]], plants, inanimate objects, and [[forces]] of [[nature]] as actors that [[assume]] [[speech]] and other [[powers]] of [[humankind]]. |