THE WOMAN
THE STORY ABOUT
by Bene Ilacad Ballug on Friday, August 26, 2011 at 12:49pm
THERE WAS A STORY OF A YOUNG WOMAN IN OLDEN TIMES- SHE FAILED MISERABLY IN HER QUEST TO FIND A HUSBAND . . SO SHE WENT TO THE KING AND CONFIDES HER DEEP CONCERN AND TROUBLE. THE KING SEEING HOW DISTRAUGHT SHE WAS, DECLARED A KINGDOM-WIDE COMPETITION FOR THE BEST MAN TO WIN HER HEART . .AND GIVE HER PEACE!
THE COMPETITION BEGUN IN EARNEST. BUT SINCE THE LADY WAS A COMMONER - THE MEN WERE INVITED FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE - FAR AND WIDE- COMPETED AGAINST EACH OTHER WHILE THE DAMSEL WATCHED; EVERY ONE SHOWCASED THEIR PROWESS, TALENT AND SKILL TO IMPRESS THE WOMAN . . BUT NONE GAVE HER ANYTHING SHE WOULD CARE.
THE KING WAS NOT GIVING UP;HE, THE KING - DECLARED THAT NO MAN IN HIS KINGDOM IS SPARED TO SHOW THEIR WARES IN THE FIELD TO IMPRESS THIS WOMAN . . .EVERYMAN WAS COMMANDED TO DO THE KINGS' WILL TO PARTICIPATE . . . AND WIN THE HEART OF THIS VIRGIN - FOR THE MEN SHOWCASED THEMSELVES ONE AFTER THE OTHER . . .EVERYONE FAILED TO MOVE HER . .NOT THE BRAVE AND VALIANT; NOT THE MUSCULAR AND THE THIN; NOT EVEN THE NOBLE MEN AND SUCH . . .NONE CAME CLOSE TO CREATE A STIR IN HER . . SHE WAS GROWING LONELIER EACH PASSING DAY . . AND THE KING WAS NOT HAPPIER EITHER AND THE MEN IN HIS KINGDOM WERE DRYING UP TO THE LAST FEW GENTLEMEN.
AND SO THE KING WITH A HEAVY COUNTENANCE WENT DOWN TO THE WOMAN AND SAID . . " I BESEECH THEE, I HAVE CALLED UPON THE MEN OF THE KINGDOM BOTH FROM HIGH AND LOW PLACES . . I HAVE COMMANDED THE NOBLEMEN AND SUCH . . I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO HELP THEE BUT FOR NAUGHT . . . WHY ARE YOU NOT SELECTING ANYONE OF THESE MEN?? DONT YOU SEE ANYBODY THAT YOU WANT TO BE A MATE WITH?" HE CONTINUED. . . THE WOMAN NODDED SIDEWAYS . . . AND OUT OF DISGUST THE KING CRIED OUT LOUD - "OH GREAT HEAVENS WHERE ART THOU LOVER OF WOMAN TO HELP HER FIND A HUSBAND LEST THE KINGDOM FAILS TO PROVIDE HER AND THE MEN FROM OUTSIDE SHALL COME FOR HER??"
THE WOMAN WAS DUMBFOUNDED AT THE KINGS' REACTION TO HER CIRCUMSTANCE . .AND SHE BEGAN TO CRY . . BECAUSE OF PITY AND ANGST . . INDEED THIS LONELIEST OF VIRGINS IN THE KINGDOM IS ABOUT TO GIVE UP ON HER QUEST FOR A LOVER . . AND SHE WAS NOT ASHAMED OF HER OWN WEAKNESS . .AT HOW SHE HAS PLACED HERSELF AT THE MERCY OF LUCK AND CIRCUMSTANCE . .AT HOW THE KINGDOM ALL BROILED AT HER TROUBLES . .AND PROVOKE A KINGDOM OF MEN TO COME AND FIGHT EACH OTHER ONLY TO FAIL - EVERYONE OF THEM!!!
AND SUDDENLY SHE STOOD UP TO THE KING AND SAID . . "OH MY KING AND MY LORD!! NOBODY STILL STAND BUT YOU . . YOU ARE THE ONLY MAN WEARING THE SWORD AND THE SHIELD OF VIRILITY AND POWER OVER ME . . THERE IS NO MORE I CAN SELECT BUT YOU!!" THE WOMAN KNEELED AND SOBBED AND SOBBED IN JOY AND FINAL SUBMISSION . . SO THE KING WAS TO BECOME HER LOVER AND HUSBAND BUT ONLY FOR ONE PROBLEM - SHE WAS A COMMONER!
TO REMEDY THIS - THE KING DECLARED TO HIS KINGDOM THAT HE WAS ABDICATING THE THRONE - HIS THRONE THAT HE INHERITED FROM A LONG LINE OF FOREBEARS OF BRAVE NOBLE BLOOD OF MEN . . FOR THE SAKE OF HIS KINGDOM . .TO GIVE PEACE TO TROUBLED MENFOLKS STILL LICKING THEIR WOUNDS IN THE FIELD OF FIERCE COMPETITION FOR THE LOVE OF A WOMAN . .FOR THE THRONE THAT NEEDED HIM BUT A SUBJECT NEEDED HIM MOST . .FOR THE SAKE OF SACRIFICE THAT WHICH WAS BESTOWED UPON HIM THE TRUST OF HIS GOVERNED . . AND TO HIS KNEES HE BENDED AND SLOWLY REMOVED HIS CROWN AND LAID IT ON THE GROUND WHERE COMPETITION WAS LAST FOUGHT . . AND ALL THE KINGDOM KNELT DOWN WITH HIM ON THE SAME HALLOWED GROUND TO GIVE RESPECT TO THE KINGS' DECISION! . .
WHILE THE WOMAN BORE WITNESS TO ALL THESE - HER TEARS FELL LIKE RAIN THAT DAY . . THERE IN THE SAME GROUND WHERE SHE LAST THREW THE IMPRESSIONS OF MEN EVERYONE OF THEM INTO THE WIND - A KING WAS NOW A COMMONER LIKE HER . . TO LAY CLAIM TO HER WISHES TO FIND A HUSBAND . . AND SHE SCOOP AT HIS BEARDED BUT STEELED FACE WITH NO EMOTIONS WHATSOEVER EXCEPT THE WRINKLED LINES OF THE STRENGTH OF HIS ROYALTY - ETCHED FOREVER EVEN IN HIS EYEBROWS - BUT IN HIS EYES WERE THE TWINKLE OF LOVE AND COMPASSION AS HE ALLOWED HER TO LIFT UP HIS FACE AND FOR THE FIRST TIME - LOOK AT THE WOMAN SHE MUST NOW CALL WIFE!!
AND THEIR EYES MET . .AND THE KINGDOM MELDED TOGETHER IN THEIR EMBRACE!!
by Bene Ilacad Ballug on Friday, August 26, 2011 at 12:49pm
THERE WAS A STORY OF A YOUNG WOMAN IN OLDEN TIMES- SHE FAILED MISERABLY IN HER QUEST TO FIND A HUSBAND . . SO SHE WENT TO THE KING AND CONFIDES HER DEEP CONCERN AND TROUBLE. THE KING SEEING HOW DISTRAUGHT SHE WAS, DECLARED A KINGDOM-WIDE COMPETITION FOR THE BEST MAN TO WIN HER HEART . .AND GIVE HER PEACE!
THE COMPETITION BEGUN IN EARNEST. BUT SINCE THE LADY WAS A COMMONER - THE MEN WERE INVITED FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE - FAR AND WIDE- COMPETED AGAINST EACH OTHER WHILE THE DAMSEL WATCHED; EVERY ONE SHOWCASED THEIR PROWESS, TALENT AND SKILL TO IMPRESS THE WOMAN . . BUT NONE GAVE HER ANYTHING SHE WOULD CARE.
THE KING WAS NOT GIVING UP;HE, THE KING - DECLARED THAT NO MAN IN HIS KINGDOM IS SPARED TO SHOW THEIR WARES IN THE FIELD TO IMPRESS THIS WOMAN . . .EVERYMAN WAS COMMANDED TO DO THE KINGS' WILL TO PARTICIPATE . . . AND WIN THE HEART OF THIS VIRGIN - FOR THE MEN SHOWCASED THEMSELVES ONE AFTER THE OTHER . . .EVERYONE FAILED TO MOVE HER . .NOT THE BRAVE AND VALIANT; NOT THE MUSCULAR AND THE THIN; NOT EVEN THE NOBLE MEN AND SUCH . . .NONE CAME CLOSE TO CREATE A STIR IN HER . . SHE WAS GROWING LONELIER EACH PASSING DAY . . AND THE KING WAS NOT HAPPIER EITHER AND THE MEN IN HIS KINGDOM WERE DRYING UP TO THE LAST FEW GENTLEMEN.
AND SO THE KING WITH A HEAVY COUNTENANCE WENT DOWN TO THE WOMAN AND SAID . . " I BESEECH THEE, I HAVE CALLED UPON THE MEN OF THE KINGDOM BOTH FROM HIGH AND LOW PLACES . . I HAVE COMMANDED THE NOBLEMEN AND SUCH . . I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO HELP THEE BUT FOR NAUGHT . . . WHY ARE YOU NOT SELECTING ANYONE OF THESE MEN?? DONT YOU SEE ANYBODY THAT YOU WANT TO BE A MATE WITH?" HE CONTINUED. . . THE WOMAN NODDED SIDEWAYS . . . AND OUT OF DISGUST THE KING CRIED OUT LOUD - "OH GREAT HEAVENS WHERE ART THOU LOVER OF WOMAN TO HELP HER FIND A HUSBAND LEST THE KINGDOM FAILS TO PROVIDE HER AND THE MEN FROM OUTSIDE SHALL COME FOR HER??"
THE WOMAN WAS DUMBFOUNDED AT THE KINGS' REACTION TO HER CIRCUMSTANCE . .AND SHE BEGAN TO CRY . . BECAUSE OF PITY AND ANGST . . INDEED THIS LONELIEST OF VIRGINS IN THE KINGDOM IS ABOUT TO GIVE UP ON HER QUEST FOR A LOVER . . AND SHE WAS NOT ASHAMED OF HER OWN WEAKNESS . .AT HOW SHE HAS PLACED HERSELF AT THE MERCY OF LUCK AND CIRCUMSTANCE . .AT HOW THE KINGDOM ALL BROILED AT HER TROUBLES . .AND PROVOKE A KINGDOM OF MEN TO COME AND FIGHT EACH OTHER ONLY TO FAIL - EVERYONE OF THEM!!!
AND SUDDENLY SHE STOOD UP TO THE KING AND SAID . . "OH MY KING AND MY LORD!! NOBODY STILL STAND BUT YOU . . YOU ARE THE ONLY MAN WEARING THE SWORD AND THE SHIELD OF VIRILITY AND POWER OVER ME . . THERE IS NO MORE I CAN SELECT BUT YOU!!" THE WOMAN KNEELED AND SOBBED AND SOBBED IN JOY AND FINAL SUBMISSION . . SO THE KING WAS TO BECOME HER LOVER AND HUSBAND BUT ONLY FOR ONE PROBLEM - SHE WAS A COMMONER!
TO REMEDY THIS - THE KING DECLARED TO HIS KINGDOM THAT HE WAS ABDICATING THE THRONE - HIS THRONE THAT HE INHERITED FROM A LONG LINE OF FOREBEARS OF BRAVE NOBLE BLOOD OF MEN . . FOR THE SAKE OF HIS KINGDOM . .TO GIVE PEACE TO TROUBLED MENFOLKS STILL LICKING THEIR WOUNDS IN THE FIELD OF FIERCE COMPETITION FOR THE LOVE OF A WOMAN . .FOR THE THRONE THAT NEEDED HIM BUT A SUBJECT NEEDED HIM MOST . .FOR THE SAKE OF SACRIFICE THAT WHICH WAS BESTOWED UPON HIM THE TRUST OF HIS GOVERNED . . AND TO HIS KNEES HE BENDED AND SLOWLY REMOVED HIS CROWN AND LAID IT ON THE GROUND WHERE COMPETITION WAS LAST FOUGHT . . AND ALL THE KINGDOM KNELT DOWN WITH HIM ON THE SAME HALLOWED GROUND TO GIVE RESPECT TO THE KINGS' DECISION! . .
WHILE THE WOMAN BORE WITNESS TO ALL THESE - HER TEARS FELL LIKE RAIN THAT DAY . . THERE IN THE SAME GROUND WHERE SHE LAST THREW THE IMPRESSIONS OF MEN EVERYONE OF THEM INTO THE WIND - A KING WAS NOW A COMMONER LIKE HER . . TO LAY CLAIM TO HER WISHES TO FIND A HUSBAND . . AND SHE SCOOP AT HIS BEARDED BUT STEELED FACE WITH NO EMOTIONS WHATSOEVER EXCEPT THE WRINKLED LINES OF THE STRENGTH OF HIS ROYALTY - ETCHED FOREVER EVEN IN HIS EYEBROWS - BUT IN HIS EYES WERE THE TWINKLE OF LOVE AND COMPASSION AS HE ALLOWED HER TO LIFT UP HIS FACE AND FOR THE FIRST TIME - LOOK AT THE WOMAN SHE MUST NOW CALL WIFE!!
AND THEIR EYES MET . .AND THE KINGDOM MELDED TOGETHER IN THEIR EMBRACE!!
A SHORT STORY FOR THE HEART AND FOR BRAVE NOBLE MEN. . .
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