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"Then," said the knight, "if thou would'st ever taste maiden's blood again thou shalt be my trusty steed, and if not, by this spear there shall befall thee all that the troubadours tell of the dooms of thy breed." THEN SAID THE KNIGHT IF THOU WOULDST EVER TASTE MAIDEN'S BLOOD AGAIN THOU SHALT BE MY TRUSTY STEED AND IF NOT BY THIS SPEAR THOU SHALT BEFALL THEE ALL THAT THE TROUBADORES TELL OF THE DOOMS OF THY BREED
the quest that these men used to advise: a horse, a boat, mail armour, and at least three men-at-arms. Some said, "Blow the horn at the tower door"; others said, "Do not touch it." Alderic thus decided: he would take no horse down to the river's edge, he would not row along it in a boat, and he would go alone and by way of the Forest Unpassable. How pass, you may say, the unpassable? This was his plan: there was a dragon he knew of who if peasants' prayers are heeded deserved to die, not alone because of the number of maidens he cruelly slew, but because he was bad for the crops; he ravaged the very land and was the bane of a dukedom. Now Alderic determined to go up against him. So he took horse and spear and pricked till he met the dragon, and the dragon came out against him breathing bitter smoke. And to him Alderic shouted, "Hath foul dragon ever slain true knight?" And well the dragon knew that this had never been, and he hung his head and was silent, for he was glutted with blood. N THAT THESE WERE THE REQUISITES FOR THE QUEST THAT THESE MEN USED TO ADVISE A HORSE A BOAT MAIL ARMOR AND AT LEAST THREE MEN AT ARMS SOME SAID BLOW THE HORN AT THE TOWER DOOR OTHERS SAID DO NOT TOUCH IT ALDRIC THUS DECIDED HE WOULD TAKE NO HORSE DOWN TO THE RIVER'S EDGE HE WOULD NOT ROW ALONG IT IN A BOAT AND HE WOULD GO ALONE AND BY WAY OF THE FOREST UNPASSABLE HOW PASSED YOU MAY SAY THE UNPASSABLE THIS WAS HIS PLAN THERE WAS A DRAGON HE KNEW OF WHO IF PEASANT'S PRAYERS ARE HEEDED DESERVED TO DIE NOT ALONE BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF MAIDENS HE CRUELLY SLEW BUT BECAUSE HE WAS BAD FOR THE CROPS HE RAVAGED THE VERY LAND AND WAS THE BANE OF A DUKEDOM NOW ALDRIC DETERMINED TO GO UP AGAINST HIM SO HE TOOK HORSE AND SPEAR AND PRICKED TILL HE MET THE DRAGON AND THE DRAGON CAME OUT AGAINST HIM BREATHING BITTER SMOKE AND TO HIM ALDRIC SHOUTED HATH FOUL DRAGON EVER SLAIN TRUE KNIGHT AND WELL THE DRAGON KNEW THAT THIS HAD NEVER BEEN AND HE HUNG HIS HEAD AND WAS SILENT FOR HE WAS GLUTTED WITH BLOOD
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