Let's Practice 1 Put a check mark (✔) in the box if the characteristic of a fable is present in the story you have read. Put a cross mark (X) if not. Put a question mark (?) if you are not sure. Write why you answered as you did on the blank. "The City Mouse and the Country Mouse" is a story that is not true. 1. 2. 4. 3. The story was written long ago. 5. The story is short. 6. 52 The characters in the story are animals that act like humans. The setting is the habitat of the animals. The story teaches a moral.​