Once there was a king who sent his son to a distant land (to tour) but eventually his son became a native and didn’t return – so the King sent important ministers, but the son wasn’t interested, so he sent many other delegations, but no one could change his mind – eventually one wise person dressed up as a native, and became his friend and convinced him – this is a parable the Baal Shem Tov gives explaining the stories of the Torah (in other words, these are not tales, rather as we relate to human experiences, they are actually examples of behavior.)