short stories with a moral (6)
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I believe the answer is:
fables
(Other definitions for fables that I've seen before include "Legends or parables as told by Aesop" , "Tall tales like Aesop's" , "Stories as told by Aesop" , "Tales from Aesop" , "Aesop wrote a lot of them" .)