This is a fable by Aesop which was never published... Like all
fables they always have a moral...
Once upon a time there lived a beautiful Queen with voluptuous
breasts.
Nick the Dragon Slayer was obsessed over the Queen for this reason.
He knew that the penalty for his desire would be death should he
try to touch them, but he had to try.
One day Nick revealed his secret desire to his colleague, Horatio
the Physician, the King's chief doctor.
Horatio thought about this and said that he could arrange for Nick
to more than satisfy his desire, but it would cost him 1000 gold
coins to arrange it. Without pause Nick readily agreed to the
scheme.
The next day, Horatio made a batch of itching powder and poured a
little bit into the Queen's brassiere while she bathed. Soon after
she dressed, the itching commenced and grew intense. Upon being
summoned to the Royal
Chambers to address this incident, Horatio informed the King and
Queen that only a special saliva, if applied for four hours, would
cure this type of itch, and that tests had shown that only the
saliva of Nick would work as the antidote to cure the itch.
The King quickly summoned Nick. Horatio then slipped Nick the
antidote for the itching powder, which he put into his mouth, and
for the nex four hours,
Nick worked passionately on the Queen's voluptuous and magnificent
breasts.
The Queen's itching was eventually relieved, and Nick left
satisfied and hailed as a hero.
Upon returning to his chamber, Nick found Horatio demanding his
payment of 1000 gold coins. With his obsession now satisfied, Nick
couldn't have cared
less and, knowing that Horatio could never report this matter to
the King, and with a laugh told him to get lost.
The next day, Horatio slipped a massive dose of the same itching
powder into the King's underwear.
The King immediately summoned Nick.
The moral of the story -
1. Never trust blindly
2. Keep Your Promise
