Let me explain this:
if you had said ''a tale by an idiot'' then it is more euphoric because it means the idiot said it without telling it which impresses the idiocy or the fellany.
Language is flair sensitive nuances are there for a reason. One feels the language not just paste it for baking and hope it will crack under seasonimg.
Now if you are saying ''a tale told by whatever'' then just takes away the flippancy from the joke.
Be cause when we are told something we know we have been told in an authoritative manner hence the expression to 'told off''.



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