Fable

FABLE
[fey-buhl]

—noun
1. a short moral story, especially one with animals as characters
2. a false, fictitious, or improbable account; fiction or lie
3. a story or legend about supernatural or mythical characters or events
4. legends or myths collectively
5. archaic the plot of a play or of an epic or dramatic poem
—verb
6. to relate or tell (fables)
-verb intr.
7. to speak untruthfully; tell lies
-verb trans.
8. to talk about or describe in the manner of a fable



Cats hold the universe
Safe and sound in the vibration
Of their sleeping vibrissae
Or so does the fable go.