tale


tale (http://definr.com/tale)

     n 1: an account describing incidents or events; "a farfetched
          narrative"; "after dinner he told the children stories
          of his adventures" [syn: narration, narrative, story,
           recital, yarn]
     2: a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach";
        "how can I stop my child from telling stories?" [syn: fib,
         story, tarradiddle, taradiddle]