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Dennis day
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Dennis stay in William too terrified to
introduce the drama your holster
narrator
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once upon a time long long ago in a
far-off land live the night name sir
william sir william was different than
all the other nights of his time he was
a pretty good night as knights went and
was dearly loved by all who knew him
he'd rescued quite a few beautiful
princesses in his time and he'd been the
only night in the kingdom ever to get
the best of an ogre but there was one
thing that always bothered sir william
and about this he worried constantly Sir
William wasn't brave or at least that's
what he thought every time he do
something courageous he become so
frightened they turn pale and tremble so
violently that his armor would rattle he
was so afraid of augers and witches that
his heart would pound allowed that even
the mention of them Sir William always
wanted to do something about his great
fear but he could never find the time
until one day out of sheer desperation
he took his problem to the king as he
walked into the royal throne room the
King looked up oh hello there sir bill
the King always called Sir William sir
bill for short why aren't you out
fighting dragons like the rest of the
Nights well your highness it's my annual
day off and besides sire I've got a
pretty serious problem a problem using
well it's hear it but no melodrama nah
well you see your highness to make a
long story short I'm tired of being a
coward I want to be a brave and fearless
night like the rest of the Nights tell
me sire how can I learn to be brave
is it off it's bothering you oh my gosh
all fishhooks and you should let a
little in like that bother you huh why
anybody could give you the answer to
that one in a minute Easy's phone off
alone why you just simply hey what it
disagree oh that is to say you just give
me yes but there's only one thing would
you repeat the question please how can I
learn to be brave your highness you're
brave you say oh well that's a good
question yes I wish I had a good answer
and considering i'm king you think I
would hey yes sir bill I just don't know
it really gives you trouble didn't it's
something I I must learn your highness
if I don't find out before too long I'm
live will have a nervous breakdown a
breakdown yo I wouldn't want that to
happen I tell you what I think I know
someone who can help you and I'll fix it
up with a head night so you can take a
little leave of absence Oh will you
she's thank you your highness so with
that didn't think nothing of it my boy
yes I guess mother nature would be just
the person for you to see she always
seems to have the answers but you go to
her San I I think she can help
and with that Sir William set out on the
road to mother nature's castle which
everybody knows is in the very deepest
part of the greenest forest and all of
the kingdom as he ruled along the forest
kept getting darker and darker then just
as he rounded a small pine-covered Knoll
he came to a large clearing and right in
the middle of the clearing he saw a huge
castle it wasn't like most castles
though this one was dark shade of purple
and there wasn't so much as a single
blade of grass growing within 50 yards
of it now anybody could see that this
castle could have belonged to no one but
a witch or to an okra so naturally being
timid Sir William made his horse walk on
tiptoe while he sort of looked the place
over most people would have run away at
even the glimpse of a purple castle but
Sir William couldn't run rule number
four six seven of the knights field
manual states specifically that any
Knight coming across a castle in the
forest must investigate that castle
particularly if anything seems off color
and purple is about as far off color
very quietly Sir William got off his
horse and crept up to a window looking
at him from the dark interior he could
see lots of eyes he counted 12 12 eyes
that could either be six people or force
wonks I guess it's pretty generally
known that a swank is nothing but a tall
dragon with a hate complex but very few
people know that back in those days all
swans had three eyes apiece for looking
around corners Sir William couldn't
quite see them well enough to know
whether they were swamps and not but he
could tell that something very strange
was going on because all of the ice
started moving around in a most peculiar
manner and three of the eyes kept
getting bigger and bigger until it
seemed they were right on top of him
then there was a terrific crash followed
by a terrific clatter the crash was a
medium socks wonk jumping through the
window and the clatter was Sir William
as he hit the ground in full armor with
the medium-sized monk standing right in
the middle of his chest Sir William was
terrified he trembled as he had never
trembled before even on his good
trembling day she had never trembled
this much
whether he trembled up and down on his
tremble sideways the medium-sized swamp
still stood there right in the middle of
his chest Sir William had killed quite a
few swamps in his life but it looked as
though this time the tables were about
to be turned on Sir William it seemed
that any minute the swank would rip him
apart and Sir William short it's a
mighty fast praying all of a sudden a
young man leaked through the window and
knocked the swamp off its feet luckily
it took the Beast a couple of seconds to
regain its composure and that was all
sir william and his rescuer needed to
draw their swords and kill it samee in
size swamp bobbled and burbled and
bubbled a bit as it sank to the ground
as they she's their sword Sir William
gave the young man a look of gratitude
and said certainly glad that's over
you're jolly well right I say yes it'd
be good fighter that one there was an
astonishing clever thing you did never
would have thought of it myself it was
always something new so certainly I'd
never a thought of setting down on the
ground like that and stepping up at the
tender side but then that's the way I am
always doing things the hard way I'm
quite a dance but I get things done oh
no I wouldn't say you were as I am but I
do get things done I said please allow
me to introduce myself Darrell's the
name Prince Darrell Oh pleased to meet
you Prince my name is Sir William oh yes
I've heard of you I understand your
other good at this sort of thing swank
killing I mean nonis wisdom de terrible
or something like that isn't it no
William the terrified I'm afraid I say
you're pulling my leg I daresay you
could have dispatched
inside the castle more easily than I'm
I've been doing it too long you know you
mean there were more inside three I
think whoa yes three you're a very brave
man Prince Tara oh why don't know of
course I do hate to brag but George you
afraid I mean just a little bit afraid I
don't know the meaning of the word royal
blood and all that you know never been
afraid in all my life i Swan by George I
seem to forgotten something rather
important I wonder what it was I God oh
yes would you excuse me for a moment
certainly Moscow get the beautiful
princess there is one you know always is
in this sort of behavior of course I
really must be on my way anyhow I won't
hear of it old boy I'd like you to meet
her my wife's sister but she's quite a
looker Prince down no change left to
just inside the door only take a moment
the back in a jiffy hip hip Prince Daryl
I really have to be on my way besides my
armors all tarnished and my hair isn't
coal my shoes need polishing and she
really is pretty I just know my heart
will pound out loud and then know by
George this time I'll be brave I won't
let it beat out loud besides if she's
like some of the beautiful princesses
I've seen she'll be as ugly as an old
mud fencing here she comes oh oh there
goes my heart
now you see that didn't take long did it
right over here my damn princess and I'd
like you to meet sir william de terrible
a brave knight who gave me valuable
assistance in effecting your rescue I'm
pleased to know you sir william i'll
never forget what you've done as i was
thinking oh man the perhaps you'd like
to escort the Prince to my castle next
Saturday night my wife and I will be
having our annual ball you seem like a
rolling eyes champ I do want
this was ridiculous Sir William was a
knight why on earth was he afraid of
this tiny wisp of a girl although she
was about the most beautiful girl he had
ever seen of course he'd like to take
her to the ball but it was no use sir
william was so frightened he couldn't
even speak he tried to say something but
no words came out he couldn't think of a
thing to say no not one single clever
retort except possibly yes and he knew
that would never impress a wonderful
creature like the princess and that
blabbermouth heart of his if he had only
been able to keep it quiet just this
once the princess waited but no reply to
the invitation came the smile that had
been on her lovely face faded
she slowly turned and walked towards
Prince pteros and Dara with a
look of disappointment followed her
never in his whole life that Sir William
been so ashamed if only he hadn't been
so afraid he could have taken Princess
Anne to the ball maybe if he played his
cards right he even could have gone
steady with her but now now he'd
probably never see her again more
determined than ever he set out once
more to find the answer to his problem
after about an hour's ride he came to
the deepest part of the greenest forest
and all of the kingdom wet stood the
beautiful castle of Mother Asia there
was a moat around the castle but there
was never much water in the moat because
mother nature was always afraid that
people would fall into the moat and she
didn't want to take chances on their
drowning so William took off his shoes
and stockings and started wading through
the most Sir William knocked on the
front door the door opened may I help
you mother nature oh no why not mother
nature she's busy this morning she can't
get the moon to go down but perhaps I
can help you won't you come in I'm Sir
William miss I've got to say mother
nature personally Oh personal problem I
thought it might be something easy like
frost warnings if you'll just be seated
I'm sure she'll be with you in a moment
thank you I'll tell her you're waiting
there's a young man waiting to steal
mother nature says he has a personal
problem Thank You Elsie did you get that
letter off to the snow bank later man
about more snow for the mountain oh yes
yes ma'am but they said you're overdrawn
now
well write another one can't let those
chops dreams go dry Oh young man what
can i hmm my goodness gee it looks like
a bad boy hope you didn't hurt yourself
well if I if I do that one more time I'm
going to repeal the law of gravity you
really should have that carpet nail down
yes I suppose I should but you know it
just wouldn't look natural that way I do
like to have things look natural now
then what seems to be troubling you well
mother nature I guess you can tell i'm a
night yes who else wears iron clothes
well I've been a night for nigh on 26
years now and I've never been able to
get over being afraid of witches and
ogres indeed in fact while I was on my
way over here I had a fight with a swan
kinda just about scared the night lights
out of me
I've tried as hard as I can to be brave
and fearless but I just can't look at
the dents in my armor I was noticing
them they look highly unnatural I just
can't help it I can't keep any kind of a
pressing my iron pants at all right man
i tremble my knees not together and of
course you get all day ended up you've
just got to help me mother nature I
can't go through life being afraid of
every swamp that comes along well that's
true oh I wish I could help you gee I
certainly hope you can think of
something well I'll think as hard as I
can without wrinkling my forehead that
would look unnatural I suppose yes say I
think I can help you oh good is I'm
afraid I don't know the answer myself
although I'm one of the smartest girls
in the world sir william but i think i
can send you to someone who can help who
father time oh yes I've heard of him
what's the quotation time heals all
wounds lots of Miss quotation it is yes
you see when Father Time was young
everybody took advantage of his good
nature so he started the quotation about
himself as a kind of detective measure I
didn't know that mmm why I thought it
was common knowledge well you know
originally the quotation was time wounds
all heels
but you know how stories get twisted in
the telling do you really think father
time can help me oh I think he can but
don't tell him I sent you I'm mad at him
you know I thought you two would be on
the best of terms well you see Sir
William he gave me a vacuum cleaner for
my birthday and surely you know mother
nature abhors a vacuum I really don't
think he meant anything by it hmm well
probably not but but father times
birthday's coming up next week and I'm
going to send him a three minute egg
timer with only two and a half minutes
where the sand in it mmm oh so William
don't look so distressed give the old
boy my regards if you want I will mother
nature and thank you very much for your
help yeah well think nothing of it say
if you should happen to run into Jack
Frost ask him about getting more snow
fly mountains will you I sure will
his morale considerably better sir
william set out for father x palace this
journey was not so long father time
lived in a nearby village called
Greenwich which was supposed to be in
the exact center of the kingdom but
before many miles had gone by again the
unexpected happened this time Ryan also
drag and jump for a tree that hung over
the road the monster had jumped it sir
william but as we all know though right
now so dragons are ferocious fighters
and are feared even by swamps they are
very poor jumpers so naturally this one
mr. William and landed right in the
middle of the road just in front of him
for a moment the Beast just stood there
gnashing is nasty dentures and foaming a
horrible foam then the Rhino so dragons
started to advance sir william could
tell by the mean look in its beady
little bloodshot eyes that it was up to
no good once again sir william
and assemble this time he was completely
unnerved he trembles so violently that
he couldn't even hear himself think
above the clatter of his armor there was
only one thing to do he drew his sword
and made a quick / at the left of the
rhinoceros head but the Beast answers
right then up to a less snapper
thanks to the dish
we're gonna let
Sir William could see that he's opened a
small cut below the Beast right
not yet over a pain to the left then
officious super snapper and also dragon
finally turned the tide of battle in
doing it however the Beast had left
himself wide open so William drew back
his sword and whistled a ha jab at the
heart of the monster with a cast and a
horrible sigh another Rhino so dragon
had bitten the dust it took sir with him
quite a while to stop trembling enough
to continue his journey but after a few
minutes the dread of another encounter
urged him on towards father times home
and an answer to his problem it was a
great multi turreted castle of timeless
marble so William put his horse in the
horse parking lot around in the back and
came around to the front and push the
doorbell and a young lady answered his
ring yes my name is Sir William the
terrified I'd like to see by the time if
I may oh yes won't you come in thank you
you wouldn't by any chance be his
daughter oh no I'm just a secretary my
name's miscalculate you'll just be
seated here he'll be with you as soon as
he finishes certainly have a lot of
clocks here by the time oh yes of course
do it Thank You station will do hello
Arlington able to dribble joy this is
father time I've a note on my desk tu
correo oh that law swore no no trouble
at all be ready all right n bar at the
sound of the tone the time will be 11 59
and 45 seconds
oh it's perfectly all right all anytime
now young men skip over to my
chronometer corner and have whiskey yes
sir noon time around here is more fun
than the board
yes yes I wish you could have seen your
face your eyes bugged out like a
stepped-on toady frog that's part of my
trouble sir I'm too afraid afraid glad
to see you're a young man who comes
right to the point no needless waste of
time valuable stuff time save all you
can my boy it's hard to make in fact I'm
about the only guy in the world that can
really make time yes sir so I heard haha
now about your problem do you mean
you're always afraid what are you afraid
of almost anything sir why not more than
a couple of hours ago I was so afraid of
a little wisp of a girl oh oh really sir
I don't think it's funny I'm sorry I
think I understand get on with your
story well sir princess and no sooner
spoke to me than I you became so shaky
you couldn't speak couldn't think of a
thing to send in your heart was pounding
so loud everyone could hear it haha or
at least you thought they could hey
that's right but how did you know Oh
where'd you see son I know princess and
fine sweet child but she has that effect
on a lot of young man you weren't afraid
you just fell in love in love me but
first time it's ever happened to you
isn't it one of the best things in the
world love you're a lucky lad the fall
for such a fine girl wonderful girl very
punctual to hears you ought to be pretty
happy sir I acted so foolishly I'll
probably never see her again nonsense
you seem like a nice enough chap there's
no reason why didn't help you handle it
with delicacy though 40 means sir it's
best not to let a girl like that know
right off the bat you're sweet honor got
to make the next meeting or seem
accidental
guess you're right but every year
princess Anna's Queen at the watchmakers
ball it's coming off next week and every
year I either go myself or send the
personal representative you mean me oh
that's right as my representative you
automatically will be Princess Anne's
escort for the entire evening you think
that'll turn the trick oh I can never
thank you enough sir gosh the very idea
gives me goose pimples I think I'd be
too afraid why you're a knight aren't
you yes sir then be brave after all you
have a pretty good reputation for
killing swamps and Rhino so dragons if
you can do that why sure just it sir I
kill them sure but never unless someone
needed rescuing I'm always so afraid
when I do it that I trembled till I'm
almost sick and my heart beats so loud
it would wake the dead Prince Daryl says
he's never been afraid in his whole life
that's what I want to be oh oh oh Sir
William don't you know that only the
fearful can be brave there wouldn't be
any goodness in a man who wasn't afraid
you see it's being afraid of doing a
thing and doing it anyhow that makes you
brave you have courage and you're as
brave as an x-men in fact braver than
most you're afraid and you admit it you
have courage to face the truth and
believe me that can sometimes be harder
to face and an army of the meanest
creatures on earth you mean I'm supposed
to be afraid of doing things like
fighting Swanson try not so dragons
that's it son to do brave deeds we must
first be afraid of doing them I never
thought of that Oh as long as you're
willing to risk your life for your
friends or anyone that needs your help
you'll be all right no matter how your
tremble by the time I don't know how to
thank you don't try I've been around
this old world a lot longer than you
have and I know that most people are
inclined to overlook the obvious now you
drop around next Tuesday night in your
best Sunday armor and I'll fix you up
with my white charger and send you off
to the watchmakers ball
for Sir William Tuesday night seemed
long and coming but it's finally came as
Tuesday night always comes in fact some
say that it came earlier that week than
usual no one could ever quite figure out
what happened to monday afternoon but
then perhaps all the time too was a bit
overanxious Sir William and Princess
Anne with a toast of the ball although
it seemed to most of the people present
but Sir William had a very difficult
time getting warm he was trembling so
but everyone was having so much fun that
they didn't give it a second thought
when the ball was over so William took
the beautiful princess home on the
wonderful white charger father time had
been kind enough to lend him I've never
had such a wonderful time at the
watchmakers ball it usually kind of
boring I had a wonderful time too so
William you're trembling you really wear
a sweater under your honor oh no it's
all right I'm not really cold this looks
like other times horse sundial but of
course he wouldn't lend sundial 21 at
least I don't think he would he wouldn't
I don't think so there's quite a legend
connected with old sundial it said that
he's as old as time himself and that any
two people who ride him at the same time
our dime to fall in love really that's
what father time claims when he escorted
me last year he bought another horse for
me to ride said he didn't want to take
any chances Princess Anne yes there's
something I've wanted to ask you
yes but it sir william I'm just a night
and don't make very much i work on the
night shift will you buy me why yes i'll
be glad Oh
one months from that day they were
married and never were there to happier
people from that day on Sir William for
for more deeds of bravery than all the
rest of the knights and the kingdom put
together never again did anyone here so
him say anything about not being brave
and now and then when they hear his
armor clattering as he shook with fear
from deep in the forest the townspeople
would say to themselves that's our
gallant sir william about to go into
battle and Princess Anne never told her
beloved husband that father x force was
not really named sundial it was just an
old swonk name max
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terrified with Fred Allen as host and
marriage others in our Castro Howard
mcnear J Novello Barbara I allure
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Christie William the terrified was
written by Robert O'Sullivan with music
composed and conducted by Henry Mancini
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