(literally) The ending of a fairy tale. / An ideal and easy life free of hardship or struggle, similar to the lives characters live in the ending of a fairy-tale.

Alternative form of dead men tell no tales

To speak for itself; to require no explanation.

plural of talesman

(obsolete) The (male) author or relater of a tale; storyteller.

(law) Someone summoned to a jury when a tales is awarded, to make up numbers.

plural of tales