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fable
Narration intended to enforce a useful truth, especially one in which animals or inanimate objects speak and act like human beings. Unlike a folktale, it has a moral that is woven into the story and often explicitly formulated at the end. The Western fable tradition began with tales ascribed to Aesop. It flourished in the Middle Ages, reached a high point in 17th-cent. France in the works of J. de La Fontaine, and found a new audience in the 19th cent. with the rise of children's literature. Fables also have ancient roots in the literary and religious traditions of India, China, and Japan.


gable
Triangular section formed by a roof with two slopes, extending from the eaves to the ridge where the two slopes meet. It may be miniaturized over a dormer window or entranceway. If the gable end projects above the roof level to form a parapet, the edge is often trimmed to form an ornamental silhouette (e.g., curved or stepped), as in Dutch town houses of the 16th-17th cent. In Asia, gables often feature projecting roof tiles and grotesque sculptures of animals at the ridge and eaves.


Naples
City (metro. area pop., 1996 est.: 1,050,000) and capital, Campania, S Italy. Located on the N side of the Bay of Naples, southeast of Rome, it was founded c.600 BC by refugees from an ancient Greek colony; it was conquered by the Romans in the 4th cent. BC. Part of the realms of the Byzantines and then the Saracens, in the 11th cent. it was conquered by the Norman ruler of Sicily and through the 19th cent. it was the capital of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies and the kingdom of Naples. It was entered by G. Garibaldi's expedition in 1860. Heavily damaged in World War II by Allied and German bombing, it was later rebuilt, but suffered severe earthquake damage in 1980. It is a commercial and cultural center and a major port with diversified industries, incl. shipbuilding and textiles. Among the city's attractions are medieval castles, churches, and a university.


sable
Carnivore (Martes zibellina, family Mustelidae) that inhabits forests of N Asia and is highly valued for its fur. The name is sometimes applied to related European and Asian species and to the Amer. marten. The sable is 13-20 in. (32-51 cm) long, excluding the 5-7-in. (13-18-cm) tail, and weighs 2-4 lbs (0.9-1.8 kg). The coat varies from brown to almost black. The solitary, arboreal sable eats small animals and eggs.


table
Article of furniture used in the Western world since at least the 7th cent. BC, consisting of a flat slab of stone, metal, wood, or glass supported by trestles, legs, or a pillar. Though tables were used in ancient Egypt, Assyria, and Greece, only during the Middle Ages, with the growing formality of life under feudalism, did tables increasingly take on social significance. Tables with attached legs appeared in the 15th cent. The draw top was invented in the 16th cent., making it possible ...

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