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This is a story that you can even read to your son. It is not meant to be= inflammatory, insulting, sarcastic, or anything bad, just fun for the lis= t readers. For reference, the prince is you, the wizard is me (or how you might see me). You're the good guy in this story, I'm the bad guy. Enjoy.= THE PRINCE AND THE WIZARD Once upon a time there was a handsome prince who lived on a great island.= The island was beautiful and had many wonderful people such as rock stars= , kings and queens from other lands, super-models, and TV producers. There was much gold on the island and the people of the island traded delicious= food from other lands, weapons, tools, and toys of all sorts for the gold= =2E Across the river was a great city that also had many wonderful people, gold, and things. The people from the great city often visited the island= to trade gold and things. The prince did many great things, but his favorite was to swim in the sea= to visit shipwrecks and battle with the ghosts that lived there. The whit= e knights of the great island would also swim in the sea and although they were brave and strong, could not visit the shipwrecks. They were in awe o= f the prince and came to him asking, "Oh mighty prince, will you give us weapons and armor and teach us to battle the ghosts of the shipwrecks?" T= he prince looked upon the knights, of which there were many, and said, "If y= ou give me some of your gold, I will give weapons and armor and teach you to= swim in the sea to the shipwrecks. But there are many of you, and I can only teach few." So the prince chose the bravest and strongest of the whi= te knights and provided weapons and armor and taught them to battle the ghos= ts of the shipwrecks. Across the ocean and the forest to the North was another great city where= there lived an evil wizard. The wizard also swam in the sea and in the da= rk caves where he did battle with ghosts. He made all sorts of weapons and armor which he traded to black knights, white knights, and kings and quee= ns from other lands. He taught many knights to swim in the sea to the shipwrecks. The wizard also had many magical tools, like the 95 Windows, through whic= h he could gaze into the minds of men and know their thoughts. He could als= o use the 95 Windows to place truths and lies into the minds of men, as he saw fit, in order to take their gold. Although the 95 Windows were a magical and powerful weapon, any knight with gold could trade and receive= a box containing the Windows and use them as well. It came to pass that some of the knights that lived on the great island with the prince and some of the knights that lived in the great city acro= ss the river, including many black knights, wished to swim in the sea to shipwrecks. They knew of the evil wizard in the North and traveled to him= and asked, "Oh great and mighty wizard, will you give us weapons and armo= r and teach us to swim to the shipwrecks and battle ghosts?" The wizard became happy and proud, but replied, "Why do you not trade your gold with= the prince on the great island?" The knights replied, "there are many knights on the island and in the great city and although the prince is fa= ir and just, he can only teach few". The wizard agreed to trade with them weapons and armor and to teach them. The prince became angry that the wizard would give weapons and armor, and= teach the black knights to swim to the shipwrecks where they might do battle with the prince. Victory against two aggressors is often difficult= =2E The prince was also frightened for the safety of the white knights. The ghosts of the shipwrecks were very strong, and only the bravest, stronges= t knights with the best weapons and armor could defeat them. If the evil wizard allowed weak knights or knights with poor weapons and armor to swi= m to the shipwrecks, they would surely be defeated. Like the wizard, the mighty prince used the 95 Windows in order to gaze into the minds of men and to place truths and lies. He used the Windows t= o tell kings and queens of other lands about the evil wizard. He tried to cause the kings and queens to unite against the wizard and to stop him fr= om taking the gold of the knights. But, the evil wizard had many spies throughout the land, and when he learned of the prince's plan, became angry. He used his 95 Windows to cast doubt for the prince into the minds= of many men. The kings and queens became confused and did not know who wa= s more just, the prince or the wizard, therefore they did nothing. The prince used the 95 Windows to cast doubt for the wizard into the mind= s of men, but the wizard was too powerful and the Windows could not reach a= ll of the men. It seemed that there would always be knights who would give gold to the wizard. Over the years, the prince and the wizard would do battle from home, using their 95 Windows to cast doubt for the other into= the minds of knights and kings and queens. Although the prince continued to fear for the safety of the knights that served the wizard, none of the knights were defeated in battle by the ghosts. Knights from other lands would sometimes swim to the shipwrecks never to return, but the knights that traded with both the prince and the= wizard were always victorious. One day, a mighty and magical bird came to live in the great city to the North. This bird had more gold and power than even the prince or wizard could imagine. This bird received its gold by trading magical weapons and= tools with kings, queens, and knights who also had more gold and power th= an the prince or wizard could imagine. The bird came to one of the knights that served the wizard and offered to trade gold for help in building its= magical weapons and tools. Later, that same knight came to the wizard and= said, "Oh great and mighty wizard, please join with the bird and with me,= and together we will make magical weapons and tools like none have ever seen. In exchange for your help, we will give you much more gold than you= can take from the knights who wish to swim to the shipwrecks". The wizard was happy and proud and spoke saying, "But I enjoy teaching th= e knights, and building the weapons and armor for them." So the knight that= served the bird invited the wizard to visit the dwelling of the bird. There, the wizard saw great many and wondrous things. There were skilled artisans, brave and strong knights, wizards, beautiful enchantresses, and= even powerful genies all working together creating the most wonderful spells, weapons, and tools the wizard had ever seen. There were dozens of= boxes, some containing 95 Windows, some containing a new kind of Windows called NT, some containing creatures called Unicks, and some containing spells, creatures, and things of which the wizard had never seen or heard= =2E There was a magic fountain that dispensed all colors of sparkling liquids= , some with sugar and some without. The great white knight which was served= by many at the dwelling of the bird offered the wizard to drink of the fountain. He then commanded that gold be brought forth to show to the wizard. When the wizard saw the gold, he was overcome with greed. The wizard joined with the bird, and although he continued to teach a few= of the bravest and strongest black knights of the great Northern city, hi= s duties in serving the bird stopped him from teaching many. He also continued to build weapons and armor for swimming to shipwrecks, but agai= n, he could not build many. Instead, with the servants of the bird, he built= many wondrous and magical tools, spells, and weapons, and received much gold. The prince became happy again, because the wizard was no longer taking go= ld from the knights of the island or the city across the river. The prince d= id not need to do battle with the wizard after that time. And to this day, h= e continues to swim to the shipwrecks and battle the ghosts, and to teach t= he white knights of the island and the great city across the river. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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