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Subject: Making The Right Choice
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 07:55:52 -0500
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Making The Right Choice
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 so 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 killed. 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. Since it was better than
death, he accepted the monarch's proposition to have an answer by
year's end. Arthur returned to his kingdom and began to poll
everybody: the princess, the prostitutes, the priests, the wise men,
the court jester. He spoke with everyone, but no one could give him a
satisfactory answer. What most people told 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. The witch was hunchbacked and awfully
hideous, she had only one tooth, she smelled like sewage water, and
she 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 of 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. She ate with her hands,
belched and farted, and made everyone 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 had 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, she asked, 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, he could have a beautiful woman to show off to his
friends, but at night, in the privacy of his home, he would be with 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 the witch 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 he moral of this story? The moral is that it doesn't matter if
your woman is pretty or ugly; underneath it all, she's still a witch.
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