To tell stories.

a relatively short and detailed story of a real or imagined event. a literary example of such a story. See also folktale; tall tale.

2,3 A story for children that includes fantastic forces and elements of magic.

n. a simple narrative of some real and imaginary incident in prose or verse without a complicated plot.

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"

a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"

a more general term than a short story, since the latter is applied to a narrative that follows a fairly technical pattern, and the former denotes any short narrative

a story that is told