.011 [Written]

[preachyrose]

One day the fox succeeded in catching a fine fat goose asleep by the side of a loch; he held her by the wing, and making a joke of her cackling, hissing, and fears, he said

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[bob_fraser_snr]

Respectfully, though, that instance was under duress. You know, generally, foxes tend to come off more clever than this in stories. There isn't a sequel, per chance?

[preachyrose]

Even a clever fox can fall victim to the words of a pious hen if they are spoken with enough guilt inducing connotations.

[bob_fraser_snr]

Well, you should never talk to your food.

[preachyrose]

Of course, Doctor Hix. Some are more dangerous than others.

[preachyrose]

Obsession, yes. That is a good word for it.

[gotgreenmagic]

The only moral I'm seeing here is that talking foxes are morons.

[preachyrose]

And what of talking geese?

[gotgreenmagic]

Hey, I bet they're just as delicious as any other kind. Also? You could just rewrite this story however many times you like depending on whatever you happen to hate. See also:

'Fox catches goose. Fox says, you're totally dead now, but since apparently my gloating window is open, what would you do if you were me?

Goose says, well, gee, I'd wash my hands first, because walking on all fours all day is going to get all sorts of gross stuff in my paws that I probably shouldn't get in my mouth. Then I'd eat you.

Fox washes hands like an idiot. Goose flies away while he's looking for a towel. Moral of the story? Personal hygiene is for suckers.'

I mean, come on.

[preachyrose]

Come on indeed. But this is not my story. It is simply a story that was told to me.

Oh Miss Rose. You pushed the wrong Marquis button :|

[impure_tale]

...Mademoiselle, are you not also devoutly religious?

This...is what she does.

[preachyrose]

Oh, I suppose you can say that I am.

[impure_tale]

It is not that I'm not fond of a woman who can fight her own battles, my flower, but this particular maneuver might have come off a little less hypocritical if you had left it at the end of the fable and not resorted to preaching afterward.

[preachyrose]

Preaching? How apt a term. And yet it does not fit particularly well here. I will admit that even those of my, well, you can call it a religion, are in danger of doing the same thing.

We are all held to the same standards, of course.

A simple...friendly reminder that even those who seem perfect often hold secrets and deceptions.

[nuclear_ted]

I think you're reading too much into it, honestly.

[preachyrose]

Then what do you see?

[nuclear_ted]

I see a victim doing whatever they have to for their own survival. There's no right or wrong in that.

[preachyrose]

Of course.