The monarch could have killed him but was moved by Arthur's youth and ideals.
So, the monarch offered him his freedom, as long as he could answer a very difficult question. Arthur would have a year to figure out the answer and, if after a year, he still had no answer, he would be put to death.
The question?..
What do women really want?
Such a question would perplex
even the most knowledgeable man,
and to young Arthur,
it seemed an impossible query.
But, 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 everyone:
the princess, the priests,
the wise men and even the court jester.
He spoke with everyone,
but no one could give him a satisfactory answer
Many people advised him to consult the old witch,
for only she would have
the answer.
But the price would be high; as the witch was famous throughout the kingdom for the exorbitant prices she charged.
The last day of the year arrived & Arthur had no choice
but to talk to the witch
She agreed to answer the question,
but he would have to agree to her price first.
The old witch wanted to marry Sir Lancelot,
the most noble of the Knights of the Round Table and Arthur's closest friend!
Young Arthur was horrified.
She was hunchbacked
and hideous,
had only one tooth,
smelled like sewage,
made obscene noises, etc.
He had never encountered such a repugnant creature in all his life.
He refused to force his friend to marry her
and endure such a terrible burden; but Lancelot, learning
of the proposal,
spoke with Arthur.
He said nothing was too big of a sacrifice
compared to Arthur's life
and the preservation of
the Round Table.
Hence, a wedding was proclaimed
and the witch answered
Arthur's question thus:
What a woman really wants, she answered..... is to be in charge of her own life.
Everyone in the kingdom instantly knew that the witch
had uttered a great truth
and that Arthur's life
would be spared.
And so it was, the neighboring monarch granted Arthur his freedom and Lancelot and the witch had a wonderful wedding.
The honeymoon hour approached and Lancelot,
steeling himself for a horrific experience,
entered the bedroom.
But, what a sight awaited him.
The most beautiful woman
he had ever seen
lay before him on the bed.
The astounded Lancelot asked
what had happened
The beauty replied that since he had been so kind to her
when she appeared as a witch, she would henceforth,
be her horrible deformed self
only half the time
and the beautiful maiden
the other half.
Which would he prefer? Beautiful during the day....or night?
Lancelot pondered the predicament During the day,
a beautiful woman to show off
to his friends,
but at night, in the privacy
of his castle, an old witch?
Or, would he prefer having a hideous witch during the day,
but by night, a beautiful woman for him to enjoy wondrous
intimate moments?
What would YOU do?
BUT....make YOUR choice before you look up at photo. OKAY?
What Lancelot chose is Above photo.
Noble Lancelot said that he would allow HER
to make the choice Herself !
Upon hearing this,
she announced that she would be beautiful all the time
because he had respected her enough to let her be in charge
of her own life.
Now....what is the moral to this story?
The moral is......If you don't let a woman have her own way....Things are going to get UglyThe monarch could have killed him but was moved by Arthur's youth and ideals.... more
Waiting for their chance for a miracle, a line of people often stretches for over a mile on a dusty road in the little town of Tlacote, Mexico. More than 10,000 a day sometimes come to visit Jesus Chahin's well and to take away a can or two of the now-famous miracle water
Inmost cases they appear when the sun is out, generally when the sunlight is at a suitable angle to reflect from one or more windows onto the house adjacent.
Some are seen only in the early morning; others appear at midday or late afternoon for a few hours;
others can only be seen in spring and fall; and some have even been observed by bright moonlight. Many have been observed in the same place year after year, while others appear for a while and then vanish.
Typically, they move up or down, changing with the sun's angle as the earth rotates, with some descending at times to appear on the ground. Some shine astonishingly brightly, and as many as six varied circles - some double have been seen at one location. In some places they have been seen on a number of houses in the same block.
Richard J. Kaplan, Mayor of City of Lauderhill will be the Honorary Guest Speaker at the Reggae Walk of Fame Induction Ceremony on April 10, 2009, 7:00PM in Lauderhill at a Black Tie Fundraising event to fund the Bob Marley School for the Arts Institute Community Radio Station FREE-I RADIO-Falmouth.
Ky-Mani Marley, a son of Falmouth, will join his brother Ziggy, Third World, Barrington Levy, Culture, Tony Rebel, Charlie Chaplin, King Yellowman, Cynthia Schloss, Bongo Herman, U-Roy, Half Pint, Josey Wales, Ranking Joe, Selector Jah Screw, Inspector Willie and Joe Higgs on the Reggae Walk of Fame.
Flickr user iri5 creates art in a variety of unconventional ways, including cassette tape.
The pictured piece is part of a series called "Ghost in the Machine".
Artist's description:
"...The idea comes from a philosopher's description of how your spirit lives in your body. I imagine we are all, like cassettes, thoughts wrapped up in awkward packaging. : )"
