Title: The Fox and the Grapes.
Prompt: #004. Fable.
Rating: G
Summary: Rose and the Doctor talk about fables..
Author's Notes: I own nothing.
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"Do you have fables on Gallifrey?"
"Do we have what?"
"Fables."
He stopped tinkering on the TARDIS, that alone was a surprise. Sometimes she swore that he actually loved this machine. Not that she didn't mind for it but it was just funny how much he cared for it.
"What's a 'fable'?"
"It's a story. For kids. To teach 'em morals and all that."
"Nah."
"You never 'eard of The Fox and the Grapes?"
"The what?"
"It's this story. 'Bout this fox and he wants these grapes and he can't reach 'em. So he gets frustrated and walks off thinking that they're sour. And the moral is that 'It's easy to despise what you cannot get'."
The Doctor merely looked at her, "Sort of deep thinking for a children's tale."
She almost rolled her eyes, but inside his voice was curiosity.
Every night from then on, she would tell him of a fable.
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