басня(a story (usually about animals) that teaches a lesson about human behaviour • Collections of what are claimed to be Aesop's Fables were transmitted by a series of authors writing in both Greek and Latin. • This story, used by the famous poet Krylov in his rhymed fable, is so popular in Russia that the term "to do someone a bear's service" has become a part of everyday speech.; Aesop's fables); небылица; выдумка; ложь; легенда(a legend or untrue story); предание; фабула; сказка; развесистая клюква(Anglophile); излюбленная тема; предмет всеобщих толков; предмет; содержание(сочинения); миф