It doesn't seem to me you're taking my ex-wife's melodramatic tale very seriously, yourself.

Take Canadian Angie's tale of picking out a name for her son:

The majority, like me, only believe their own experiences, and their averted gaze suggests that I take my tale somewhere else.

Nevertheless, he was the sort who would have taken his tale to the law, except for one thing.

Nobody, not even the sheriff, took his tale seriously.

If they took their tale to the authorities they would most likely not be believed.

She helped me take my little tale to its final, wonderful form.

He took his tale to Miss MacMahon, and told her all about it.

To that end, they have taken Charles Dickens's tale and thrown a great deal of money (a reported $12 million) at it.

He wants to take the lion's tale back to the village, but Tanko won't let him.