A cautionary tale is a story where a person ignores a warning and commits a dangerous or forbidden act, which leads to an unpleasant outcome.

Cautionary Tale or Cautionary Tales may also refer to:

• Cautionary Tales, modern edition title of Cautionary Tales for Children, a 1907 children's book written by Belloc
• Cautionary Tales, autobiographical stories by Stephen Tobolowsky
• Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, a 2004 children's picture book by Mo Willems
• "Cautionary Tales", a story by Larry Niven from Playgrounds of the Mind (1991)

• "Cautionary Tales" (Heroes), an episode of the TV series Heroes
• Bad Blood: A Cautionary Tale, a 2010 documentary
• Cautionary Tales (podcast), a podcast by English economist Tim Harford

• Cautionary Tales (album), a 2014 album by Harmony James
• Cautionary Tales, an album by Christopher Rees
• Cautionary Tales, a 2009 box set from Shadowland
• "A Cautionary Tale", a song on the album History of a Time to Come by Sabbat

• Cautionary Tales and Other Verses, a 1997 book by Posy Simmonds

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