"A parable is a succinct story, in prose or verse, which illustrates one or more instructive principles, or lessons, or (sometimes) a normative principle." It

"A parable is a succinct story, in prose or verse, which illustrates one or more instructive principles, or lessons, or (sometimes) a normative principle." It is a story with an instructive principle. Shrug. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable