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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: agnarr <agnarr@suddenlink.net><BR>To: "Western Region of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <western@lists.ansteorra.org><BR>Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 8:56:06 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [Western] Regional fighter practice<BR><BR>Your Excellency -<BR>I want to publicly say that my recent travels thru your lands was very nice. <BR>Even though your new gate guards have a strange sense of humor. (When I <BR>first came up to the gate, they refused to grant me passage). And when my <BR>son mentioned that I was a great-bearded Buddha Belly, they jumped all over <BR>themselves to open the gate for me.<BR>But please understand that, I am very sorry for not stopping and visiting <BR>with you, but I was traveling through the lands of Bonwicke as I had <BR>business in the Shire of Adlersruhe. But in my travels, I did spend some <BR>time talking with a
lot of fine people about the current state of the <BR>preparations that you are making in the Barony, and they are all impressed <BR>with the needed upkeep of the Kings-road that goes from Treloc to <BR>Adlersruhe -- I must say that you have done a real good job on it too. <BR>Heck, I bet you could march a whole army on it now without anyone, breaking <BR>an ankle. You even impressed ole-man A.C. Kerly, You know the old-man that <BR>lives just north of the wall you have just built and you know how hard-nosed <BR>he is about things.<BR> Anyway, I finally ended up staying the night in the Shire of Adlersruhe <BR>and after seeing the sights there, and taking care of a bit of business, I <BR>returned back home all safe and sound. But I did want to thank your fine <BR>soldiers who gave me them 12 new horses. Are these men new to your lands? <BR>I only ask, as I have not seen them before. Anyway, they stopped me at the
<BR>waterwell in La Mesa, while I was watering my poor ole' animals, and when I <BR>approached their animals, to get a better look at the excellent horses, your <BR>men stood in front of me and all they would say was 'Chain horses, gift for <BR>the wondrous U!' Your Excellency, I was so impressed, and thankful, I went <BR>and made them a fresh fish salad using some of those new fast growing fish I <BR>found in a store in Aldersruhe. You know the ones that when you catch them <BR>they swell up to three times their normal size. Your men were so impressed <BR>they ate their meal with plenty of something they called 'ice', and then <BR>they went and fell asleep under a few nearby trees, they must have been <BR>trying to find me for sometime to give me those horses, because they were so <BR>tired they did not even wave good-bye to me when I left.<BR> But the reason for this message is to let you know that whomever sold you <BR>those horses,
your excellencies, does not know his horse-flesh very well so <BR>to speak. As these 12 horses; while it is true - that they are perfectly <BR>matched and being the purest white color I have seen in years - they have <BR>not been trained at all in pulling and they know nothing about being chained <BR>to a plow, or wagon for that matter. But don't fret your excellency, I will <BR>gladly take the time to train them to the duties required for farm-work. <BR>But I thought you might want to question your 'Master of Horses' more <BR>closely in the future, as these fine animals, are to me more suited for the <BR>tasks related to the battlefield then the farm field.<BR><BR>Again Thanks for the Horses.<BR><BR>Agnarr <BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Western mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Western@lists.ansteorra.org" ymailto="mailto:Western@lists.ansteorra.org">Western@lists.ansteorra.org</A><BR><A
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