25B6; noun
the film was inspired by a fairy tale : FOLK TALE, folk story, traditional story, myth, legend, fantasy, fable.
(informal) she accused him of telling fairy tales : (WHITE) LIE, fib, half-truth, untruth, falsehood, (tall) story, fabrication, invention, piece of fiction; informal whopper, cock-and-bull story; Brit. informal porky (pie).