Makes me wonder if taking off all your armor makes her run away...
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In medieval times, France was regularly blighted by these enormous serpent dragons, whick inhabited woodlands, forests, rivers, streams, and even deep wells.
Many serpent dragons were infamous for their venomous breath, wich would poison anything that inhaled its putrid fumes and would shrivel the grass upon which these loathsome reptiles wriggled. The guivre's breath, however, was exceptionally toxic, spontaneously generating virulent plagues and diseases. Wherever their was a guivre, there was death and destruction, and France feared for its very survival. Until, that is, an extraordinary discovery was made that offered a highly novel means of combating these terrible monsters.
One warm afternoon, a young farmer, hot and tired from a hard day spent laboring in the fields, stripped off his clothes and plunged ino the cool, inviting waters of the local river for a refreshing swim. Half an hour later, feeling greatly invigorated, he stepped out of the water on to the riverbank and was about to dry himself when the bushes were pushed aside and out slithered a huge guivre.
As he stared in horror at this monstrosity, so great that the farmer's feear that he was unable to move and expected at any moment to be asphyxiated or devoured, or both. The guivre raised its hideous horned head and glared down at him, ready to open its terrible jaws and confirm his worst expectations, but when it saw his brawny, muscular body and realized that he was naked, an astonishing change took place. Instead of attacking, the monster seemed to recoil, its face suffused with color as if it frantically sought to direct its eyes away from the lusty, unclothed figure. Incredibly, the guivre was blushing. In a matter of seconds, the mighty serpent dragon had fled, gliding rapidly away through the bushes. The amazed farmer remained motionless for several minutes, unsure as to whether it would return and perplexed as to why it had fled.
It was not long before others had discovered that although guivres would not hesitate to kill fully clothed men, the sight of a naked man scared them witless. This remarkable piece of knowledge was utilized to good effect, ensuring that no guivre could ever agian com close enough to human habitation to spread disease and death.
Indeed, guivres eventually disappeared from France. Some say that they simply died out; others say that they migrated to lands where the climate was not so conducive to open-air bathing.
Many serpent dragons were infamous for their venomous breath, wich would poison anything that inhaled its putrid fumes and would shrivel the grass upon which these loathsome reptiles wriggled. The guivre's breath, however, was exceptionally toxic, spontaneously generating virulent plagues and diseases. Wherever their was a guivre, there was death and destruction, and France feared for its very survival. Until, that is, an extraordinary discovery was made that offered a highly novel means of combating these terrible monsters.
One warm afternoon, a young farmer, hot and tired from a hard day spent laboring in the fields, stripped off his clothes and plunged ino the cool, inviting waters of the local river for a refreshing swim. Half an hour later, feeling greatly invigorated, he stepped out of the water on to the riverbank and was about to dry himself when the bushes were pushed aside and out slithered a huge guivre.
As he stared in horror at this monstrosity, so great that the farmer's feear that he was unable to move and expected at any moment to be asphyxiated or devoured, or both. The guivre raised its hideous horned head and glared down at him, ready to open its terrible jaws and confirm his worst expectations, but when it saw his brawny, muscular body and realized that he was naked, an astonishing change took place. Instead of attacking, the monster seemed to recoil, its face suffused with color as if it frantically sought to direct its eyes away from the lusty, unclothed figure. Incredibly, the guivre was blushing. In a matter of seconds, the mighty serpent dragon had fled, gliding rapidly away through the bushes. The amazed farmer remained motionless for several minutes, unsure as to whether it would return and perplexed as to why it had fled.
It was not long before others had discovered that although guivres would not hesitate to kill fully clothed men, the sight of a naked man scared them witless. This remarkable piece of knowledge was utilized to good effect, ensuring that no guivre could ever agian com close enough to human habitation to spread disease and death.
Indeed, guivres eventually disappeared from France. Some say that they simply died out; others say that they migrated to lands where the climate was not so conducive to open-air bathing.