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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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A man is walking to Athens when he is beset by a murderous group of outlaws. Captured, he is taken to the groups leader, who tells him "We have captured you, but in doing so you killed three of my men. Normally we would only have taken your possessions and let you go, but for this you should die. However, I admire a Man with courage, and you show no fear, so if you perform these two tasks for me, I will let you go".
The Outlaw Leader tells the man of a fearsome lion who lives in a cave not far from them, whom because of toothache has recently began attacking his group. To the Man, the Outlaw says " I see no reason for the beast to die unnecessarily, so if you can remove the tooth thats causing this, you have partly earned your freedom".
"Your second task, is that near here is a village, and in that village is my sister a woman so ugly that no man will sleep with her. If you do, you may go with my blessing".
So the man goes to the cave, followed by the outlaws, and enters it boldly. Within minutes the sound of a fierce contests drifts to the spectators, only to die suddenly with a fierce shriek, and the Leader turns to his second and says "He is done for, let us leave".
No sooner had he uttered this then the Man comes out of the cave, adjusting his tunic.
"Right" he says, "now where is the ugly woman with the toothache" |