it does not matter is the story is true. what matters is that one comes away with some thing one did not have before. if the text was a text book designed for the sole purpose of learning then it would be a different story. The story does not have to be true it has to mean some thing. when one has an opinion and an emotion to go with it that is what matters, and if the feeling and emotions and the manner in which one relates to the story that has to be true.