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"Teach me to fight!"
"Very well," the swordmaster said, "but first tell me why you want to learn."
"My honour has been stained!"
"Ah. I will teach you, if you accept the first lesson."
"Which is?"
"There is no stain that can be washed away with blood."
The knight returned from his quest.
"Did you succeed?" the king asked. "Is the dragon slain?"
"I could not find it. I rode to where you said its lair was, but there I only found a huge wise old bird, who said there were no scaly dra-"
The knight halted.
"Dragons have feathers?"
