1.   A sad little tale it sounded, a trivial matter to consign a soul to perpetual separation.

2.   Gradually moving further into fictional territory, the episode becomes a neat little surreal tale.

3.   Imagine a little Faustian tale.

4.   In this whimsical little tale, a stick-figure doll plunges from an apartment window and triggers an outlandish, globe-spanning chain of events.

5.   Of course, the dice are loaded in this tight little tale.

6.   One delights in the little tale of the cowboy reunited, briefly, with his beloved horse, and the story of the baptism in the whirlpool bath.

7.   The nasty little tale plays itself out in the equivalent of a nifty B-movie.

8.   This is a completely sweet little tale with familiar, unfailingly cheerful and resilient characters extolling such virtues as sharing and being nice to people.

9.   This joyless little tale, with book and lyrics by Stephen Cole and music by Matthew Ward, might have provided a few piquant moments.

10.   These people who designed these urban legends are always careful to present a nice little moral tale with a horrific end for the hapless victim.