Are fables(寓言) and fairy tales different or the same? They are both stories for kids, but fables are stories for adults as well.
A fable is a story, passed down from grandparents to parents and then to children. People can learn much from it. The characters are mostly animals and nature. They can talk and act like humans. The most famous fables were written by a man called Aesop. There are around 600 fables in Aesop's Fables. The Fox and the Grapes and The Tortoise and the Hare are two examples.
Fairy tales are usually stories for children, often about magic characters such as fairies(仙女) and giants(巨人). Sometimes the characters are animals. We are able to enjoy these fairy tales because about 200 years ago, the Brothers Grimm traveled all around Germany and collected these stories before people forgot them. There are many fairy tales in Grimm's Fairy Tales, such as Cinderella and The Frog Prince.
