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Tobi raised his hand, "I don't know if I relate to it as such, but I think everyone aspires to be more than they are. Not everyone goes to the lengths the king does, most people, especially in their childhood, wish to become something they consider exciting. They king, who was very immature wanted to be a wizard, the only wizard even. Babbity on the other hand represents a kind of maturity, she was content to live as a washerwoman, though she was capable of so much more. It's a story that is easy to relate to on a universal level in that sense. When we grow up, we tend to let go of our 'shoulda, coulda, wouldas' and count what blessings we have.
"I know my parents like the story because it shows that people can outsmart corrupt people in power, a sort of 'good will overcome' type of thing. They're not overly fond of many of the Ministry's Rules and Regulations," Tobi paused, making a sour face, or their Statutes, he thought. "And moreover, how they go about implementing them, but like Babbity, they chose to live under the proverbial radar rather than come back and scream in their faces after they had untangled their own mess."
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