Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site lzmi.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!ahuta!pegasus!lzmi!psc From: psc@lzmi.UUCP (Paul S. R. Chisholm) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: Some Father Goose tales (a *real* shaggy dog story) Message-ID: <301@lzmi.UUCP> Date: Mon, 7-Jan-85 00:24:51 EST Article-I.D.: lzmi.301 Posted: Mon Jan 7 00:24:51 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 9-Jan-85 03:16:57 EST References: <2965@allegra.UUCP> Organization: AT&T-IS Enhanced Network Services Lines: 36 . . . Another line lost! Seems this new dragon flew into the corner of a kingdom, and the king sent his best knight out on his best horse to trounce the foul lizard. The knight found the dragon, pointed his lance, and charged. The dragon heard him coming, wrenched a tree out of the ground, and rolled it towards the knight. When it hit, the knight was thrown off and bruised, but the horse's legs were broken, and the poor creature had to be killed. The knight hobbled back to castle and reported his failure to the king. The king sent his second best knight out on his second best horse. The same thing happened: the dragon ignored the knight, and took out the horse. This went on (as such tales do) for quite a while, until the king was down to his worst knight. Alas, the last horse had been lost with the second-to-worst knight. The worst knight, not willing to loose this rare chance to redeem himself, searched the kingdom for a surviving steed. A little later, a commotion rose at the castle. The king ran to his window, only to see his worst knight, with armor and lance, riding atop . . . an honest-to-goodness shaggy dog. "This proud hound will save us all!" cried the worst knight. "He's strong enough to support my weight, fast enough to charge, and cunning enough to avoid the dragon's tricks." "Preposterous," announced the king, "I won't have it -- I wouldn't send a knight out on a dog like this!" -- -Paul S. R. Chisholm ...!hogpd!pegasus!lzmi!psc The above opinions are my own, ...!cbosg!lzmi!psc and do not necessarily represent ...!ucbvax!ihnp4!lznv!psc those of anyone else.