THE KINGS CAMELOT
King Arthur was getting ready to go on a
Quest. He was worried about leaving his beautiful Queen Guinevere alone with all those
lonely knights of the Round Table. So he went to his famous wizard, Merlin, for some
advice.
After explaining his predicament to Merlin,
the wizard looked thoughtful and said to come back in a week and he'd see if he could come
up with something.
A week later King Arthur was back in
Merlin's laboratory where the good wizard was showing him his latest invention. It
was a chastity belt...except it had a rather large hole in the most obvious place.
"This is no good, Merlin!" the
king exclaimed, "Look at this opening. How is this supposed to protect m'lady, the
Queen?"
"Ah, sire, just observe." said
Merlin as he searched his cluttered workbench until he found what he was looking for. He
then selected his most worn out wand, one that he was going to discard anyway. He then
inserted it in the gaping aperture of the chastity belt whereupon a small guillotine blade
came down and cut it neatly in two.
"Merlin, you are a genius!" said
the grateful monarch, "Now I can leave, knowing that my queen is fully
protected."
After putting Guinevere in the device, King
Arthur then set out upon his Quest.
Several years passed until he returned to
Camelot. Immediately he assembled all his knights in the courtyard and had them drop their
trousers for an informal 'short arm' inspection.
Sure enough! Each and every one of them was
either amputated or damaged in some way. All of them except Sir Galahadhis.
"Sir Galahadhis," exclaimed King
Arthur, "The one and only true knight! Only you among all the nobles have been true
to me. What is it in my power to grant you? Name it and it is yours!"
But Sir Galahadhis was speechless.
 
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