Come
Come verb - To move closer to.
Tale
Tale noun - A rumor or report of a personal or sensational nature.
Both words in one sentence
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Siouxsie and the Banshees' "Scarecrow": "With frosty Jack on fingernail/Through shoe black smile he'll tell a tale/Come whisper through your lips of straw/A moment torn forever more."
Source: Scary Scarecrows -
Most are just in the background until it's their turn at being MOTW, but there are monsters who live to tell the tale and come back to fight another day multiple times, and some who rise to become major characters even if not "Victorious Saint" (general) rank.
Source: Monster of the Week -
No matter what happens to him, he'll always come back in time for the next story (occasionally he'll even die and come back to life multiple times in a single tale).
Source: Resurrective Immortality
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