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Threes By Mercedes Lackey

Deep into the stony hills,
Miles from town or hold,
A troop of guards comes riding
With a lady and her gold.
She rides bemused among them,
Shrouded in her cloak of fur,
Companioned by a maiden
And a toothless, aged, old cur.

Three things see not end,
A flower blighted ere it blooms,
A message that miscarries,
And a journey that is doomed.

One among the guardsmen
Has a shifting restless eye,
And as they ride he scans the hills,
That rise against the skies.
He wears both sword and jewels,
Worth more than he could afford,
And hidden in his baggage
Is a heavy secret horde.

Of three things be wary of,
A feather on a cat,
The shepherd eating mutton,
And the guardsman that is fat.

Little does the lady care,
What all the guardsmen know,
That bandits ambush caravans
That on these trade roads go.
In spite of tricks and clever traps
And all that men can do,
The brigands seem to always sense
Which trains are false or true.

Three things are most perilous,
The shape that walks behind,
The ice that will not hold you
And the spy you cannot find.

From ambush bandits screaming
Charge the pack train and its prize,
And all but four within the train
Are taken by surprise.
And all but four are cut down
As a woodsman fells a log,
The guardsmen and the lady
And the maiden and the dog.

Three things hold a secret,
Lady riding in a dream,
The dog that sounds no warning,
And the maid who doesn't scream.

Then off the lady pulls her cloak
And armor she is clad,
Her sword is out and ready and
Her eyes are fierce and glad!
The maiden makes a gesture and
The dog's a cur no more,
A wolf sword made and sorceress
Now face the bandit corps!

Three things never anger,
Or you will not live for long,
A wolf with cubs,
A man with power,
And a women's sense of wrong.

The lady and her sister
By a single trader lone,
Were hired out to try to lay
A trap all their very own.
And no one knew their plan except
The two who rode that day,
For what you do not know
You cannot ever give away.

Three things is its better far
That only two should know,
For treasure hides, who shares your bed,
And how to catch your foe

The bandits growl a challenge
And the lady only grins,
The sorceress bows mockingly
And them the fight begins.
When it ends there's only four
Left standing from the horde,
The witch, the wolf, the trader,
And the women with the sword!

Three things never trust in,
A maiden sworn is pure,
The vows a kings has given
And the ambush that is sure.

They strip the trader naked
And then whip him on his way,
into the barren hill sides like
The folk he used to slay.
And what of all the maidens
That this bandit raped and slew?
Well as revenge the sorceress
Makes him a women too!

Three things trust above all else,
The horse on which you ride,
The beast that guards your sleeping,
And your shield mate at your side.

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Esmeana Bella Cullen

Report | 03/08/2010 8:02 pm

Esmeana Bella Cullen

Kaida! I miss you! sad
AliciaLeone

Report | 11/21/2009 9:18 am

AliciaLeone

Thank you for buying
littleangel132842

Report | 04/03/2008 8:09 am

littleangel132842

i still miss you =(
littleangel132842

Report | 03/29/2008 5:26 pm

littleangel132842

ALEX !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I MISS YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH
MissKim

Report | 03/11/2008 7:30 pm

MissKim

Here's that video I told you about, Roy the Impailer. It's so funny. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd6IFGl9TGU
Esmeana Bella Cullen

Report | 12/06/2007 7:07 pm

Esmeana Bella Cullen

Kai!!! hows my sister in Darkness!!! lol



~Bella
MissKim

Report | 12/04/2007 1:44 pm

MissKim

Elloz ^.^ It's me
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XSillySally

i suck im sorry but i couldnt im sorry
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Report | 11/18/2007 1:59 pm

XSillySally

im so cofused!!! help!!
littleangel132842

Report | 11/16/2007 6:40 am

littleangel132842

IM COMING HOME IN 1 DAY!!!!!!!!!!!