> > > > > > > >> > > >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, the > >prostitutes, the priests, the wise men, and 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, 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 and often made obscene noises. He had never 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 big 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, preparing himself for a horrific > >night,he 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 choice follows below, but don't read until > >you've made your own choice. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Noble Gawain replied that he would let her choose for herself. Upon hearing > >this, she announced thatshe 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 a > >woman is pretty or ugly,underneath it all, she's still a witch - and don't > >you forget it > > > > > > >
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