........continued from Part I
The prince's father was vanquished, though he fought gallantly. He was held in captivity by the powerful king and as the prince went before the king to ask for his father's freedom and apologize for his rude behavior towards the princess, the king challenged the prince to a duel. There was one condition. If the prince won the duel, his father would be freed and he would receive the princess' hand in marriage, but, if he lost, he would be required to answer a question correctly, failing which his father would be put to death. Seeing no other way to ensure his father's freedom, the prince agreed to the king's condition.
The prince was easily defeated at the hands of the king. He had to now answer the king's question. The king asked the prince "What does a woman want?" The young prince was bewildered at the question. He had never thought of it before. He asked for some time to think of the answer. The king granted him seven days.
In search of the answer, the prince went to every philosopher, every wise man, every scholar, every sage and hermit. At last, on the eve of the seventh day, he announced in the kingdom that anybody who gave him the answer to this question would be rewarded with a thousand gold coins. Then, an old witch came to him with the answer, but she was notorious in the kingdom for solving problems at peculiar prices.
The prince's father was vanquished, though he fought gallantly. He was held in captivity by the powerful king and as the prince went before the king to ask for his father's freedom and apologize for his rude behavior towards the princess, the king challenged the prince to a duel. There was one condition. If the prince won the duel, his father would be freed and he would receive the princess' hand in marriage, but, if he lost, he would be required to answer a question correctly, failing which his father would be put to death. Seeing no other way to ensure his father's freedom, the prince agreed to the king's condition.
The prince was easily defeated at the hands of the king. He had to now answer the king's question. The king asked the prince "What does a woman want?" The young prince was bewildered at the question. He had never thought of it before. He asked for some time to think of the answer. The king granted him seven days.
In search of the answer, the prince went to every philosopher, every wise man, every scholar, every sage and hermit. At last, on the eve of the seventh day, he announced in the kingdom that anybody who gave him the answer to this question would be rewarded with a thousand gold coins. Then, an old witch came to him with the answer, but she was notorious in the kingdom for solving problems at peculiar prices.
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