Fables are stories that end with a moral intended to guide people toward making the right choices. Aesop’s Fables is the most famous collection of these tales, and people have praised the moral advice in Aesop’s stories for over 2,500 years. Moral: Slow and steady wins the race. Moral: Persuasion and kindness are more effective than force. New Moral: Force is more effective than persuasion or kindness because you can increase force.