The Wife of Bath’s Tale---What Do Women Want Most?
王筱鹏There were only a few women among the pilgrims were riding to Canterbury. One of them was the wife of Bath. She was a large woman with a red face. She wore a big hat, and she rode on a very fat horse. She was rich, and she had traveled far and wide in the world. She had had five husbands, but they all had died. She liked to talk and be happy.
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She, too, told a story about a knight. He had done a very bad thing: he had broken the laws which all knights must keep. The wife of Bath’s tale was about the time of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table.
King Arthur heard about what the young man had done. “That is very bad!” he said. “He must die.”
The Queen and her ladies were sad because they liked the young knight very much. “He is not really bad”, they said to each other.
“Please, please,” they prayed to the king, “please do not end his this young man’s life. He k
nows that he has done a bad thing; he will never make such a mistake again.”
The King said to the Queen, “Well, do whatever you like with him. But he must pay for breaking the law.”
The Queen thought for a while, then she said to the knight, “You shall live, if you can me the answer too this question: what does a woman want most of all? I will give you a year and a day to find out the answer. If you cannot find it, you must die.”
The knight thanked her, but he rode away very sadly.甘氨胆酸
He said, “The Queen has asked a very hard question. How can I find the answer?”
He asked many people, “What does a woman like want most of all?” He got very many answers.
A man said, “Women like jewels and money more than anything else.”
One woman said, “What do women want most of all? They want to happy. That’s what th
ey want.”
“What do women want most of all?” said another woman. “Fine clothes, of course. That’s what they want.”
He asked some children.
A little girl said, “My mother is most happy when she is cooking food for us.’
热辐射A little boy said, “my mother likes best to have a new baby in our family.’
“Our mother is the happiest of all when she sees our father come home at night,” said two or three children all together.
Many of the answers seemed very good answers, but none of them seemed to be right. There was no answer that everybody would call right.
At last a year had passed. The knight had to go back and take the answer to the Queen.
石墨烯膜The poor knight thought, “What shall I say? What can I say? I have tried so hard! Must I really die?” Just then he came to a great wood. Twenty-four beautiful ladies were dancing there on the green grass. He said, “Here are twenty-four more people whom I can ask. I have just enough time to ask them.”
He turned his horse towards them---where were they? They had all done, suddenly, into the air! Only one very old, very ugly woman sat there now. when he came near, she stood up and went to him.
“Sir Knight,” she said, “are you looking for something? Tell me what it is, and perhaps I can help you. We old people are wise; we know many things.”
He n help said, “You may be just the person who can help me. I shall lose my life if I cannot find the answer to a question: What does a woman want most of all? If you can tell me, I will pay you well.”
“Give me your hand,” she answered. “You must do the first thing which I ask you. Promise! I Then I will tell you the right answer.” The knight said, “ I promise to do the first thing you ask me to do.”
“Then your life is safe,” said the old woman. “Not one person—not even the—will say that your answer is not the true one.” She spoke very quietly to his ear. “That,” she said, “is the answer to your question.’
Then they went along together to meet the Queen and all the lords and ladies.
The people heard that the young knight was coming. Everyone went to tell everyone else and they ran to the meeting place. The queen was there, ready to hear his answer. Many man and women were afraid. “The young knight will die,’ they said.
“It was a very hard question,” they said to each other. “It will be bad if he cannot tell the Queen the right answer.’
Everyone became quiet as they stood around,. They heard the Queen said in a clear voic
e, “Now can you tell us, Sir Knight, what a woman wants most of all?”
The knight came forward. He fell on his knees in front of her. Everyone heard his answer.
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