But my tale does not end in a rosy sunset.

All, all was over; every tale must end at last.

Wren asked, for always before, the tale had ended there.

Nearly every tale ends with the same punch line: the technology to do this is already in hand.

But the tale does not end there for the Flynns.

His tale would end with the grave no matter what he did today.

But the two students found that neither tale, nor tail, ended there.

That's the way my own tale will end, don't you think?

For this too I learned, that a storyteller's tale may end, but history goes on always.

Patience: the tale ends with an explanation of where all the young men went.