.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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[whateverthemess]

You say this like it's a revelation.

[preachyrose]

It seems to be for many people.

[whateverthemess]

I guess my question is 'so what'. So the religious lie. Everyone does. It's not a reflection of the faith, it's a reflection of the flawed people who believe in it--and the point of many faiths is the forgiveness of those flaws.

[preachyrose]

Forgiveness. What a beautiful, though lost, concept.

[rayney_day]

A fox-eating goose...?

[preachyrose]

It is just a story.

[rayney_day]

Also a source of bizarre mental images.

[preachyrose]

I'm quite sure there are stories with worse.

[i_excel]

So is every Inmate going to tell a random fable now? Can the Wardens do it too?

[preachyrose]

Oh yes, of course. Everyone is welcome to tell fables.

[i_excel]

Just wondering if there's a connection between this one and the one we got about the snake not too long ago, and if the next ones are going to get more and more pointed.

[preachyrose]

Oh yes. I liked the snake one. No. There is no connection. I just happened to remember it and thought it appropriate.

[darknessb4me]

Once upon a time there was a bear which shit in the woods.

[preachyrose]

They tend to do that on occasion.

[my_freeze_ray]

How come you randomly named the fox "Rory", for like, one sentence?

[preachyrose]

I did not name him. It is how the story is written. But, it is a corruption of a proper name which means one whose hair is the color of the fox. If you were interested.

[my_freeze_ray]

Well yeah, but surely since you're re-telling it you could have taken some artistic license? Like, by telling us that the fox had a name before using it? It's not like you were just copy pasting from your own memories.

[preachyrose]

Rewriting from a book, actually.