[Gatesedge] King Arthur and the Witch

[W de Clare]

No,No,No!

What does every women want?
The answer is:
William de Clare

Just Joking,
William


-----Original Message-----
From: Carolyn Young <Carolyn.Young at goodmanmfg.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 15:22:09 -0600
To: "Gate's Edge List (E-mail)" <gatesedge at ansteorra.org>
Subject: [Gatesedge] King Arthur and the Witch


> Another story of King Arthur as a young man; anecdotal perhaps, but who
> knows?
>
> The Witch / A Moral Question / Which Would You Choose?
>
>
> Young King Arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by the monarch of a
> neighboring kingdom.  The monarch could have killed him, but was moved by
> Arthur's youthful happiness.  So he offered him freedom, as long as he could
> answer a very difficult question.  Arthur would have a year to figure out
> the answer; if, after a year, he still had no answer, he would be put to
> death.  The question was: What do women really want?
>
> Such a question would perplex even the most knowledgeable man, and to young
> Arthur, it seemed an impossible query.  Well, since it was better than
> death, he accepted the monarch's proposition to have an answer by year's
> end.  He returned to his kingdom and began to poll everybody: the princess,
> prostitutes, priests, wise men, the court jester.  In all, he spoke with
> everyone, but no one could give him a satisfactory answer.  What most people
> did tell him was to consult the old witch, as only she would know the
> answer.  The price would be high though, since the witch was famous
> throughout the kingdom for the exorbitant prices she charged.  The last day
> of the year arrived and Arthur had no alternative but to talk to the witch.
>
> She agreed to answer his question, but he'd have to accept her price first:
> The old witch wanted to marry Gawain, the most noble of the Knights of the
> Round Table and Arthur's closest friend!  Young Arthur was horrified: she
> was hunchbacked and awfully hideous, had only one tooth, smelled like sewage
> water, often made obscene noises...etc.  He had never before run across such
> a repugnant creature.  He refused to force his friend to marry her and have
> to endure such a burden.
>
> Gawain, upon learning of the proposal, spoke with Arthur.  He told him that
> nothing was too great a sacrifice compared to Arthur's life and the
> preservation of the Round Table.  Hence, their wedding was proclaimed, and
> the witch answered Arthur's question: What a woman really wants is to be
> able to be in charge of her own life. Everyone instantly knew that the witch
> had uttered a great Truth and that Arthur's life would be spared.  And so it
> went.  The neighboring monarch spared Arthur's life and granted him total
> freedom.  What a wedding Gawain and the witch had!  Arthur was torn between
> relief and anguish.  Gawain was proper as always, gentle and courteous.  The
> old witch put her worst manners on display, and generally made everyone very
> uncomfortable.
>
> The wedding night approached.  Gawain, steeling himself for a horrific
> night, entered the bedroom.  What a sight awaited!  The most beautiful woman
> he'd ever seen lay before him!  Gawain was astounded and asked what had
> happened.  The beauty replied that since he had been so kind to her when
> she'd been a witch, half the time she would be her horrible, deformed self,
> and the other half, she would be her beautiful maiden self.  Which would he
> want her to be during the day, and which during the night?
>
> What a cruel question!  Gawain began to think of his predicament.  During
> the day a beautiful woman to show off to his friends, but at night, in the
> privacy of his home, an old spooky witch?  Or would he prefer having by day
> a hideous witch, but by night a beautiful woman to enjoy many intimate
> moments?  What would you do?  What Gawain chose follows below, but don't
> read it until you've made your own choice.
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> Noble Gawain replied that he would let her choose for herself.  Upon hearing
> this, she announced that she would be beautiful all the time, because he had
> respected her and had let her be in charge of her own life.
>
> What is the moral of this story?  The moral is that it doesn't matter if
> your woman is pretty or ugly, underneath it all, she's still a witch---and
> don't you forget it!
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Caitlin
>
> Carolyn Young
> MIS Department
> Goodman Mfg.
> 713.861.2500  ext 425
>
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