If a story unfolds or if someone unfolds it, it is told to someone else. Don's story unfolded as the cruise got under way Mr Wills unfolds his story with evident enjoyment
To open, as anything covered or close; to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to display; to disclose; to reveal; to elucidate; to explain; as, to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science
If someone unfolds something which has been folded or if it unfolds, it is opened out and becomes flat. He quickly unfolded the blankets and spread them on the mattress When the bird lifts off into flight, its wings unfold to an impressive six-foot span. fold
spread out or open from a closed or folded state; "open the map"; "spread your arms" extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna" open to the view; "A walk through town will unfold many interesting buildings