Ribald Classic: The Blue Sceptre
June, 1960
Once there was a king who vowed he would marry none but the cleverest woman in the realm. He looked far and wide and found none so wise and had all but given up when he saw a beautiful girl watering flowers on a balcony. He drew rein on his horse and said:"Let the beautiful lady who waters the roseSay how many petals it has, if she knows."The girl, whose name was Mariquilla, not to be bested by a man even though he be the king, replied:"Wielder of pen and writer with ink,How many...
