At 04:29 AM 6/10/2009, you wrote:
beautiful marsha,
gavin is the scottish version of gawain...i love this story, and the
green knight too.
Sir Gavin, I am not surprised.
--- 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
>
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> It maddens me when puny men define women:
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> Question of the Ages
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>
> 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.
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> 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.
>
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