A story is a form of communication that conveys a message or tells a TALE. FABLE is a short story with a moral lesson, ALLEGORY is a story in which characters, settings, and events stand for abstract ideas or moral qualities, CONTE is a short story with a humorous or satirical tone, SOB is an expression of sorrow or grief, TOY is a small object used for play, FIB is a LIE or untruth, LIE is an intentionally false statement, MYTH is a traditional story that explains the beliefs of a people, SAGA is a long story of heroic deeds, TALE is a NARRATIVE that is usually fictitious, YARN is a long, often humorous story, ALIBI is an excuse to avoid blame, FLOOR is the bottom surface of a room, LEVEL is a position on a scale, ACCOUNT is a record of events, ANECDOTE is a short, amusing story, Plotline is the sequence of events in a story, NARRATIVE is a spoken or written ACCOUNT of connected events, and Lastwordacross is the last word in a crossword puzzle.