(By popular demand
from Z):
Once there was a boy who had a golden screw where
his navel should be. The wisest men and
women in the village could not explain this, nor find any means to remove the
screw, despite consulting the cleverest mechanics and trying the most precise tools. Eventually, in desperation, they called upon
the services of a professional magician, who studied the problem for many days
and at last said:
“The boy must go deep into the forest and locate a
particular tree, which I will describe to him.
He must dig beneath the roots of this tree and find a golden
screwdriver. He must take this to the
castle of the Princess and show it to her.
She will kiss him, and he will then be able to remove the screw.”
The boy followed the magician’s instructions, and after
overcoming many perils came into the presence of the Princess. She smiled and kissed him. He took the golden screwdriver and undid the
screw in his navel, and his arse fell
off.
Brilliant, Tim, I nearly spluttered Seville orange vodka onto my keyboard!
ReplyDeleteYes, Brilliant. I'm going to try and learn it by heart.
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