"You call me garrulous, yet you've strung a short tale out over the best part of a quarter hour."

There are many famous illustrations for this short tale.

He produced numerous sketches, poems, short tales, and nine novels.

This short, lively tale, I thought, would be ideal for reading in the assembly.

Twenty-three short tales with a variety of themes and settings.

Best known in your own day as a critic, it is as a poet and a writer of short tales that you must live.

Originally, it was six distinct short tales which had appeared at divers dates.

He often wrote short tales, songs, children's stories, and occasional burlesques.

Dr. Faust is mentioned in an old and short local tale.

Each short tale was written in a way that defies basic reasoning and logic.