Memories are like tumbleweeds, blowing.
An instant; a flash of time
Remembered by one person alone.

A tale is a memory
That belongs to someone else;
Told to others,
with pieces torn away, and others stitched together.

Then what is a story?
A story is larger than life, than memory,
And

Memories...

Are like tumbleweeds, blowing.

They are seen for an instant, sometimes longer, then disappear.

This is how long memories last in the length of the world.

Stories...

Are memories that were related to others.

Stories can be told time and time again, sometimes changing, growing.

Still, stories fade away.

Tales...

Are stories that have grown beyond a simple memory.

There are many things that weren't there before.

Tales, too, will eventually be forgotten.

Some lucky tales are told so often, by so many people, that there is not much truth left in it.

These tales have become...

Legends.

And still...

A legend will fade away...

Until nothing is left of it...

But a memory.