Hopefully all these definitions will fit:
tale
| 1. | a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story: a tale about Lincoln's dog. |
| 2. | a literary composition having the form of such a narrative. |
| 3. | a falsehood; lie. |
| 4. | a rumor or piece of gossip, often malicious or untrue. |
| 5. | the full number or amount. |
| 6. | Archaic. enumeration; count. |
| 7. | Obsolete. talk; discourse. |
