| || quest, fraud, afraid, bungee, "fare" and square.
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The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
Comments are welcomed!
Do not explicitly reveal any of the actual answer words until after closing time, but embedding them surreptitiously in comment sentences is encouraged.
A knight errant in days of yore
ReplyDeleteOn a quest, would be looking for
A holy grail, a damsel in travail,
Or a bargain on good chain-mail.
He must be noble, always act square,
And also modest, live on simple fare.
He must be honest, and keep his word,
Not stretch truth like a bungee cord!
To slay a dragon, and not be afraid
Should surely merit a victory parade.
'Twould be a fraud to be un-humble,
So he'd settle for a princess to tumble!
Yep, I'd say Owen has pretty much summed up what a knight's life was like in olden times. The chilvaric code was pretty demanding, so pwe may doubt that many knights could stick to it--especially after long fruitless, discouraging quests in search of non-existent dragons.
ReplyDeleteMy guess is that some found ways of re-defining their errands, perhaps to just snare a bear or help a lil' ol' lady cross the road, so they might more quickly move on to rewarding themselves with yon maiden fair.
~ OMK
I got four J's but given the last two words of the Riddle-Solution I can't get the first.
ReplyDeleteHigh school was our 20th century Grail. Performance on the field or court was our ticket to romance a cheerleader. Failure on same was ignominy.
WC