Story's end read aloud (4)

I believe the answer is:

tale

'story's' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'end read aloud' is the wordplay.
'end' becomes 'tail' (tail is a kind of end).
'read aloud' shows a homophone (sound like).
'tail' sounds like 'TALE'.

(Other definitions for tale that I've seen before include "Yarn or story" , "An account of incidents or events" , "Story or anecdote" , "Report" , "Story; lie" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer and The Telegraph.

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