"Once upon a time, in a faraway land…" Sara opened the storybook. Rory and Dinah stared eagerly at her. "There was a kingdom. And,"
"You're not telling them that one, are you?" Leonard stood in the doorway, smirking. "If our lives have taught you anything is that life isn't as perfect as fairy tales would leave you to believe. But I wasn't told fairy tales as a kid, so I'm not really one to judge." He paused. "I haven't really heard them at all, come to think of it,"
"Then I suppose you should listen," Sara patted a spot next to Dinah, gesturing him to sit down. He did, and plopped Dinah onto his lap. She smiled a gap toothed grin. Rory pouted.
"I want to sit on your lap too, daddy!" Leonard made a bit of room for tiny Rory on his lap.
"Here." Rory crawled to the spot, grinning eagerly.
"So anyways, there once was a kingdom. It was ruled over by a king, and the king-"
"Was very sad and angry because he had just lost his family." Leonard interjected, "So he went to the wizard, and asked for a way to save them, even though they were already dead."
"You're not talking about-"
"Shhh. Let me finish. The wizard told the king that he had a magical, um, boat, that could travel through time to save the queen and prince. Sara looked at Leonard questioningly.
"Are you telling them-"
"Shh. The boat came with a magical fairy named Gideon, who knew everything about the past present and future."
"You are definitely telling them about-"
"Shhh!"