tale, tail

Tale or tale means a story--
He liked to read tales of long ago.
"telling tales" may mean telling lies--
Don't tell me any tales!
"carrying tales" is gossiping--
She was always carrying tales to the neighbors.
"tale-bearing" means tattling--
The teacher scolded her for frequent tale-bearing.

Tail or tail ( rhymes with tale ) is what a dog wags--the appendage on the backside of many animals ( cats, horses, cows, and others )--
The dog likes me. He's wagging his tail.
Opossums can hang from a branch using their tails.
The "tail end" of something may be the very last part--
We only saw the tail end of the movie.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"She read a strange tale of a creature that moved with its tail."

Note--a "tall tale" is a great exaggeration--like the tale of Paul Bunyan, the giant, who walked across the Rocky Mountains in a few steps. Everything in a tall tale is usually ridiculously large. These tales were told in Texas and other parts of the West.
Note # 2--"entail"  means to involve as a consequence, or through necessity--
Will this project entail the use of toxic chemicals?