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The phrase "a small tale that" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when introducing a story or narrative that is brief or concise.
Example: "Once upon a time, there was a small tale that spoke of bravery and friendship in the face of adversity."
Alternatives: "a brief story that" or "a little narrative that".
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The filmmakers call it "the rise and fall of the American dream," but the documentary is actually a squirmingly uncomfortable close-up of the Internet market mania of the last few years: a small tale that, under examination, tells a much bigger story.
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A small tale: A woman once wrote that she was very happy that she had learned yoga.
"It's a small tale about a young girl that I've been working on for about a year.
A small tale, generally of love.
The original Wastedland was a smaller tale - a petri dish of ideas that expanded and took root in a showier piece of exploration and mystery with higher production values.
Peter Collington is best known here for his wordless picture books like "A Small Miracle," an original Christmas tale that presented serious subject matter in a manner that many readers found, in the end, somehow uplifting.
"I went with him because he was offering me work," she said, recounting from her small dark home the start of a tale that still brings tears three years later.
It is a tale that applauds women's ambitions in politics, celebrates our lost arts and the return of music to our small towns.
And that's a tale that needs telling.
"Very Chinese". A similar rupture is explored in "The Proprietress", a quirkily inventive tale that sees a small-town shopkeeper form an ad hoc refuge for women whose husbands languish in the local prison.
"Ash Is Purest White" is directed by Jia Zhangke, who specializes in small, involved tales that somehow unscroll into broader truths, often of the most withering sort, about his native land.
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