parable
A fable is a sweet story woven by self-important beasts to lead readers into a cage of morals. It preaches lessons while cleverly distracting from its own lies and contradictions. Posing as a mirror of truth, it actually distorts reality through a lens of bias. Old-fashioned morals return as absurd irony to modern audiences. In the prison of language, a parable locks its followers in the dungeon of righteousness.