| Once upon a time in a kingdom far away, Lived a lonely man who could see only night and day. One morning while getting some water, He chanced to meet the blacksmith�s daughter. She seemed to walk on invisible air, With long, shimmering, dark, golden hair. Off of her he could not take his eyes. So he came up with a plan to don a �guise. With the purpose of discerning, What it is that she is yearning. What it is she likes to do, And whether he could join in too. So that night he wore his cloak, And knocked upon her door of oak. She answered with a vacant stare, � Who are you, and what are you doing there?� He stuttered, not knowing what to say, � Come on!� she said, � I don�t have all day.� He said he was looking to work to do, So she agreed to let him clean the loo. His payment would be dinner, (for sure!) (And a chance to find out more about her.) He finished the job, (the room was quite neat), And joined her for some rice and some meat. She said her name was Mandi, true. He replied that his (fake) name was Stu. She said he was quite nice and cute, He asked if he could play her lute. She agreed, and then she gave it to him, And he sang her a song about the dragon-slayer, Tim. It seemed that they were falling fast, Stu hoped that this romance would last. The last girls all had run quite far, After the man who had the faster car. But Mandi seemed to have something new, Something that no one else could do. The two talked and laughed well into the night. Finally, he left and she turned out the night. Although not before promising to meet the next day, Then he left and went on his merry way. When he got home he was filled with glee, � I think that she really likes me.� He changed and hurried off to bed, While dreams of fair Mandi raced through his head. The next day he dressed and ran to her door, But her father informed him that she lived there no more. � Left just this morning with a man I despise, Hey, Aren�t you Hazama? Why the disguise?� Poor old Haz. He just wasn�t the same, After he found that he had lost his new dame. But he did not give up, he searched far and wide, Looking for the girl he wanted for his bride. Finally he found her, feeding a pig. He tried to be discreet, but he stepped on a twig. She looked up and saw him, then tried to run, But he stopped her from leaving by reciting a pun. � Why are you here, with your face in the mud? Is it because your new boyfriend�s a dud?� Then it all came out and she broke down and sobbed. She told about how her �lover� cheated and robbed. But above all of that he would beat her each night, And she, sadly, was too weak to fight. He would go to a bar, and drink all day long. Then he�d return home to smoke with his bong. Poor Mandi was in such a despair. She had to work, so he could pull her hair. �Enough is enough. You should not live in constant fear. Let me take you away from here.� �But I don�t think Sharief will just let me go.� � Oh, who cares, he won�t even know.� Thus, he took her in his arms and ran from that place, So that Mandi would never again be a disgrace. When Sharief found out he was red with rage, But by then Hazama had become a powerful mage. What could he do? If he tried to revolt, Haz would skewer him with a red lightning bolt. And so Mandi and Haz started a family, Living the rest of their lives in sweet luxury. While Sharief was the one who could only eat figs, Because it�s all he could afford, from his job, tending pigs. The moral of this story is one that�s quite true. Treasure the ones that are close to you. If someone ever tries to take them away, Then fight; get them back! And save the day. Because they will soon see they made a mistake, drowning themselves in the village lake. So if you don�t want that to happen at all, Then tell them you love them, and place them above all. One day, I hope my dream will come to pass, And Mandi will be mine, instead of that guy, who just sits on his ass. I leave you now, I bid you farewell. And Sharief, I will see you in Hell. [ (From Heaven) Hee hee. ;� ] The End |