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Even King Arthur himself, towards the end of this era, saw that fashions were changing and that he must change with them. Hardware was too high in price, and was no longer needed for clothing. EVEN KING ARTHUR HIMSELF TOWARDS THE END OF THIS ERA SAW THAT FASHIONS WERE CHANGING AND THAT HE MUST CHANGE WITH THEM HARD WEAR WAS TOO HIGH IN PRICE AND WAS NO LONGER NEEDED FOR CLOTHING
 to meet once in a while. He is the one mortal who knows anything about this meeting, and he won't tell; or at least he won't talk in anything but Welsh. So we have to find out the gist of the matter, by noticing, in the stories which we have just read what the fairies did. XXIV THE SWORD OF AVALON Many of the Welsh tales are about fighting and wars and no country as small as Wales has so many castles. Yet these are nearly all in ruins and children play in them. This is because men got tired of battles and sieges. Everybody knows that after King Arthur's knights had punched and speared, whacked and chopped at each other with axe and sword long enough, had slain dragons and tamed monsters, and rescued princesses from cruel uncles, and good men from dark dungeons, even the plain people, such as farmers and mechanics, had enough and wanted no more. Besides this, they wished to be treated more like human beings, and not have to work so hard and also to keep their money when they earned it. CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR OF WELSH FAIRY TALES THIS IS A LIBER OF OX RECORDING ALL LIBER OF HOOKS RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FROM MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBER OF OX DOOR TALK RECORDING BY CHARLOTTE DUCAT WELSH FAIRY TALES BY WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR THE SWORD OF AVALLON MANY OF THE WELSH TALES ARE ABOUT FIGHTINGS AND WARS AND NO COUNTRY AS SMALL AS WALES HAS SO MANY CASTLES YET THESE ARE NEARLY ALL RUINS AND CHILDREN PLAY IN THEM THIS IS BECAUSE MEN GOT TIRED IN BATTLES AND SIEGES EVERY ONE KNOWS THAT AFTER KING ARTHUR'S KNIGHTS HAD PUNCHED AND SPEARED WHACKED AND CHOPPED EACH OTHER WITH AXES AND SWORDS LONG ENOUGH HAD SLAIN DRAGONS AND TAME MONSTERS AND RESCUED PRINCESSES FROM CRUEL UNCLES AND GOOD MEN FROM DARK DUNGEONS EVEN THE PLAIN PEOPLE SUCH AS FARMERS AND MECHANICS HAD ENOUGH AND WANTED NO MORE BESIDES THIS THEY WISHED TO BE TREATED MORE LIKE HUMAN BEINGS AND NOT TO HAVE TO WORK SO HARD AND ALSO TO KEEP THEIR MONEY WHEN THEY EARNED IT
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