Ribald Classic: The Magic Staff
July, 1978
Once, on a certain estate, there was a peasant lad who hated goats. And so, when the steward told him to take the white nanny goat to pasture, he refused. When the steward had trashed the lad, he left him sobbing in the field.So along came a strange old man with eyes that seemed to burn in his head and he gave the boy a look and asked what the matter might be. When he'd heard the boy's short, sad tale, he spat on the ground and handed the lad his staff."Here, stick this in the ground and th...
