beautiful marsha, gavin is the scottish version of gawain...i love this story, and the green knight too.
--- On Wed, 10/6/09, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > From: MarshaV <[email protected]> > Subject: [MD] What do women want. > To: "MD Forum" <[email protected]> > Received: Wednesday, 10 June, 2009, 6:22 PM > > > It maddens me when puny men define women: > > ------------- > > Question of the Ages > > > > 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, 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 water, > often made obscene noises...etc. 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, 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 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 (Goddess) > is pretty or ugly, underneath it all, she's still a > witch---and don't you forget it. > > > > > > > > _____________ > > "He who neglects the present moment throws away all he > has." > (Friedrich von Schiller) > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Need a Holiday? Win a $10,000 Holiday of your choice. 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