[Gatesedge] King Arthur and the Witch

Fri Dec 21 13:04:26 PST 2001

Good to hav ye back william de clare!!Nanne

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From: "W de Clare" <swan_knight at email.com>
Reply-To: gatesedge at ansteorra.org
To: gatesedge at ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: [Gatesedge] King Arthur and the Witch
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 10:41:05 +0800

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.
 >  -
 >  -
 >  -
 >  -
 >  -
 >  -
 >  -
 >  -
 > 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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