fable(Collections of what are claimed to be Aesop's Fables were transmitted by a series of authors writing in both Greek and Latin. • This story, used by the famous poet Krylov in his rhymed fable, is so popular in Russia that the term "to do someone a bear's service" has become a part of everyday speech.); fabulosity; apologue; tale; parable(в знач. басней Крылова и им подобных Баян)