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

2.   It depicts the sad tale of a lavatory attendant, Jim, who reads newspapers to seek a new career.

3.   She confessed to cleaning his house, and also told her own sad tale.

4.   It was no longer believed to be a sad tale of the power of fortune to undermine love.

5.   And every weekday afternoon, Dr. Ishtiaq Chaudhry makes his way upstairs to hear it tell its sad tale.

6.   Another sad tale of love gone wrong.

7.   A sad ending to a sad tale.

8.   A sad tale for Thomas, and for any of us who love animals.

9.   A sad tale.