From: Dragon lite
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What do women really want?

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 youth and ideals. So the monarch 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: 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 everybody: the
princess, the priests, the wise men, 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, only she would know
the answer. The price would be high; 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 hideous, had only
one tooth, smelled like sewage, made obscene noises, etc. He had never
encountered 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 thus:

What a woman really wants is 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 was. The neighboring
monarch granted Arthur 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 honeymoon hour approached. Gawain, steeling himself for a horrific
experience, entered the bedroom.  But what a sight awaited him! The most
beautiful woman he'd ever seen lay before him!  The astounded Gawain
asked what had happened.

The beauty replied that since he had been so kind to her when she'd
appeared as a witch, she would henceforth be her horrible, deformed self
half the time, 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 pondered 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 witch? Or would he prefer having by day a hideous witch, but by
night a beautiful woman with whom to enjoy many intimate moments?

What would you do?

What Gawain chose follows below, but don't read it until you've made
your own choice.



Make YOUR choice BEFORE you read Gawain's answer!

































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 enough to let her be in charge of her
own life.

What is the moral of this story?

The moral is:

If your woman doesn't get her own way, things are going to get ugly.



  Rai 


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Sometimes you have to go out on a limb to turn over a new leaf

Don't trust his words, trust his actions.


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