[Steppes] Once upon a time.............A myth revisited

Tue Apr 22 13:11:00 PDT 2003

Ah now Patric
I seem to remember it the way she wrote it. But then again this is all a
dream. ;)

Gabriele deB

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are
allowed to remain children all our lives. (Albert Einstein)

>From: "ATS - Patrick Bureau" <txrocco at sbcglobal.net>
>Reply-To: steppes at ansteorra.org
>To: "_Steppes List" <steppes at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: RE: [Steppes] Once upon a time.............A myth revisited
>Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 09:16:26 -0500
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>Lady Catalina,
>
>You honor me in such a fashion that I am humbled by your words of praise.
>But I am already a humble person, and would like to adjust a few things
>that
>are a little bardicly enhanced I am afraid.
>
>"Once upon a time there was a lowly horsegroom in the Steppes names Padric
>de Longcouer. He was very diligent in his work every day. He made sure the
>noble steeds of the Barony's forces were in good health, well fed and
>safe.Every day he walked the practice fields to make sure all the equipment
>was in good shape. The fields were kept safe for every horse and rider. One
>day"
>
>So far so good, I like that part...
>
>"as he was attending to his duties on the training fields, the King himself
>came riding on his charger. Accompanied only by a single Knight, he came
>riding out to enjoy the warm May weather. The serfs mowing the grasses of
>the fields bowed their heads at the sight of His Majesty. But wait! Padric
>saw some hunters with bows and arrows flying through the nearby trees. His
>Majesty, deep in thought on matters of State rode on. Boldly padric threw
>himself into the path of the charger. "Wait your Majesty," he cried,
>"beware
>the arrows just past yon trees!". His Majesty, the King reined in his horse
>and thanked Padric for his timely warning. Then he and his good knight rose
>back towards the castle. "
>
>See that is just the romantic version, I was actually setting up the field
>of combat for the equestrian, when the Kingdom marshal with his hose penny,
>and a rider unknown to me came unto the field.. as I had drawn the safety
>lines that separated the equestrian from the archery field.... the unknown
>rider (he was not wearing a crown on his head at the time (you know those
>things tend to falls off ones head while ridding but I digress)) moved the
>hose, and The knight marshal still standing next to him did not realize
>they
>both had stepped over the safety lines I had just placed down...
>
>"HALT!" was screamed at the top of my lungs, as the rider and the marshal
>were a good 100 yards away... The Steed was the first to halt (yes Penny
>understands Halt), then the ride and marshal both stared down at me
>downfield.... "me Lords, pray pay attention to thy line, it is there for
>your safety, please remain to the right of it, or I shall be forced to
>request you leave my field." orders were thundered....  and horse, rider
>and
>marshal moved inside the field afar from the bordering lines... and the
>day's event occurred with no other issues...
>
>"back towards the castle. Sometime later, Padric received a summons. "Will
>Padric de Longcouer present himself to his Majesty's Court.", the summons
>read. Padric was sore afraid. Was he to be reprimanded because he had
>spoken
>familiarly to his Majesty?  He made his way to court. The King looked down
>on the kneeling man. "Many have I favoured here who did service for
>Ansteorra, but none have done greater service than to preserve the life of
>their King." he said "Therefore, I say unto thee arise Lord Padric and
>greet
>thy Peers." And so was Lord Padric given his award of Arms."
>
>Actually My Baroness summoned me by the ways of her lady in waiting that
>she
>wanted me in court to thank me for my efforts. Later at court... after I
>had
>been called by my Baroness for a thank you of my services during the event,
>I was just about to leave the dais, when the King recognized me from the
>morning.....He then kicked his foot pillow at my feet, and said " take a
>knee", only then I recognized the fellow from the morning, embarrassed, now
>kneeling in front of all to see... blushing furiously, the king recounted
>the day's event (with much embellishments) and bestowed on me an Award of
>arms for protecting the kings life.
>
>"Let his example be a guide to all who see and speak with him."
>
>Hummm, most people have no clue whom I am,  but ya can find me usually
>around the horses, I'd be the lackey my sister "Aimee LongCoeur" will be
>ordering around....
>
>Morale of the story : no matter that you are new or a peasant in this
>kingdom, and what rank the other person, if you are right,  ya can even
>boss
>around a king !
>
>Patric LongCoeur
>Steppes Cavalry
>
>=>----Original Message Follows----
>=>From: "Catalina Damiana Sanabria Rosado de Xerez"
>=><ladycatalina at hotmail.com>
>=>Reply-To: steppes at ansteorra.org
>=>To: steppes at ansteorra.org
>=>Subject: [Steppes] Once upon a  time.............
>=>Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 01:03:21 +0200
>=>
>=>
>=>Once upon a time there was a lowly horsegroom in the Steppes
>=>names Padric de
>=>Longcouer. He was very diligent in his work every day. He made sure the
>=>noble steeds of the Barony's forces were in good health, well fed
>=>and safe.
>=>Every day he walked the practice fields to make sure all the equipment
>was
>=>in good shape. The fields were kept safe for every horse and
>=>rider. One day
>=>as he was attending to his duties on the training fields, the King
>himself
>=>came riding on his charger. Accompanied only by a single Knight, he came
>=>riding out to enjoy the warm May weather. The serfs mowing the grasses of
>=>the fields bowed their heads at the sight of His Majesty. But wait!
>Padric
>=>saw some hunters with bows and arrows flying through the nearby trees.
>His
>=>Majesty, deep in thought on matters of State rode on. Boldly padric threw
>=>himself into the path of the charger. "Wait your Majesty," he
>=>cried, "beware
>=>the arrows just past yon trees!". His Majesty, the King reined in
>=>his horse
>=>and thanked Padric for his timely warning. Then he and his good
>=>knight rose
>=>back towards the castle. Sometime later, Padric received a summons. "Will
>=>Padric de Longcouer present himself to his Majesty's Court.", the summons
>=>read. Padric was sore afraid. Was he to be reprimanded because he
>=>had spoken
>=>familiarly to his Majesty?  He made his way to court. The King looked
>down
>=>on the kneeling man. "Many have I favoured here who did service for
>=>Ansteorra, but none have done greater service than to preserve the life
>of
>=>their King." he said "Therefore, I say unto thee arise Lord
>=>Padric and greet
>=>thy Peers." And so was Lord Padric given his award of Arms. Let
>=>his example
>=>be a guide to all who see and speak with him.
>=>
>=>
>=>
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