"It's a fairy tale when you read about his background.
Their epic tale, when Harrer told it in Seven Years in Tibet (1953), became a classic.
"It feels like a fairy tale when you look back on it," he says of the class.
Bram's framing best suits the first part of his tale, when writers often spoke only in code.
The golden age ended, says one tale, when Ahura Mazdā told Yima of a terrible winter to come.
"I felt like I was in a fairy tale when I got here," he said of the London Games.
"Hardly fifteen minutes had passed after my tale when there was suddenly a great commotion," Tivadar wrote.
You know you're not dealing with a standard coming-of-age tale when there's time for crushed scuppernongs.
Typee by Herman Melville Melville's debut novel was taken to be a traveller's true tale when it was first published.
And yet Jackson's career is a cautionary tale when it comes to the questions about national security and civil rights: Who defines who is an "enemy"?
Still, growing pains aside, the old Olivia returns to form at the end of the tale, when it's time to head home.
