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oh
have you popped back for another story
i'm glad you're enjoying them
this one has danger adventure
and mystery it's called night to night
or the ghostly night
i'm not sure if you know any knights but
their honor and reputation is very
important to them
they are brave courageous strong and
mostly kind they cannot turn down
a challenge sir ozbert who is the knight
of my story
is famous for his chivalry his care and
respect for those weaker than him
and he's well known for possessing the
nightly virtues
and skills at a greater degree than most
naturally as he is so well known he's
often
invited as the guest of honor to
celebrations and feasts
and one winter he was invited to stay
with the lord
whose home was pretty much in the middle
of england
it was an old-fashioned place with a
great hall for eating
drinking dancing and the tradition of
telling stories
as it was winter it has soon grown dark
giving plenty of time for the sharing of
stories
nearly every guest told one or two
there were stories of courage in battle
courtesy in love sad stories of tragedy
and then at the end a ghostly story
sir ozbert didn't care much for these
kind of stories
and had thought to go to bed early when
he realized that the hero of the story
was a knight he decided to stay to hear
it till the end
it was the legend of the ghostly night
of wendell bury
and the storyteller was one of the older
gentlemen of the company
who was rather dramatic it is said
that the ghostly night at wandelbury can
only be seen
by moonlight in the ancient ruined walls
of the fort
if anyone is brave enough to go through
the gap where once the gate stood
they better do so well armed
if then they call out night to night
come forth and fight they will face
a worthy adversary they must
go alone many a brave man has done
such a thing and been knocked dead from
his horse
by the ghost that appears
did i mention that wandelbury was quite
close
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well what was sir ozbert to do leave the
challenge alone
so despite the fact that it was late he
called for his squire and demanded that
his armor and his horse be made ready
he was going to ride out and face this
contender
if he really existed the moon was high
in the night sky
it was a perfect evening for an
adventure
now the lord the host was in a panic
having such a famous night as sir ozbert
as a guest
had caused quite a fuss and drawn out a
number of his well-to-do neighbors
if sir osbourne were to die as his guest
well that would be very bad indeed
but all the other guests had leapt up at
the news that osbourne was to take up
the challenge
and were all cheers of encouragement
surely
this was going to be a night to remember
something to tell their friends
their children their grandchildren
something to talk of
for years and years
soon sir osbourne was ready he had on
his body his
strongest harness on his head his
strongest helm
and he was riding his strongest and
bravest horse
with his squire by his side he bid the
lords and ladies gathered goodbye
they rode out to wandelbury they could
see the ruined fort walls by the
moonlight
as they approached sir ozbert turned to
his squire and asked him to wait
he then ventured through the gap and
within the walls
may i remind you that sir osbourne is a
famed knight
and as such is courageous brave and bold
in the face of all danger
including ghostly beings he hoped
when he'd reached the middle of the fort
he lowered his lance and made ready
and then called out in a loud voice
night to night
come forth and fight but nothing
happened
so he called again night to night come
forth
and fight but no movement
night to night and then against the far
wall
a horse appeared and on his back a
knight
in splendid black armor that glinted in
the moonlight
he turned his horse and lowered his
lance facing sir ozbert
sir ozbert urged his horse on and the
two knights
charged at each other their lances set
for full impact
but as they passed both knights missed
their mark
they pulled up their horses and turned
again
they lowered their lances the horses
kicked up the grass and dirt as both
knights thundered towards each other
but they missed again they turned around
sir ozbert set his jaw and lowered his
arms
they thundered towards each other and
the ghostly knight
missed his mark batsa ozbert hit his
true and square in the chest
he fell to the ground snapping his lance
as he went
but there was no chivalry with the
ghostly knight
in anger he picked up his broken lance
and threw it like a spear at sir ozbert
and it hit him
in the flesh of his thigh our hero
didn't notice the wound
now by the rules of chivalry in contests
like this between two knights
the winner is allowed to take the
other's horse
it took him a moment but sir ozbert
eventually caught the fine stallion oh
it was a great beast
a true worthy prize indeed
he turned to talk to his enemy but where
he had laid on the ground
there was nothing he disappeared
so osborne called his squire and they
searched but
he had gone and so they made their way
back
to the manor house
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so osbourne returned to find that
despite the late hour all the guests had
stayed and had posted a look out
they came to give him a hero's return
nobles men ladies alike admired the new
horse
and they commented on its spirited
beauty its fierce eye
and its proud long neck it was a worthy
prize indeed
and they congratulated him on his
victory
when he came to remove his armor sir
ozbert squire
noticed the wound which had bled
horribly
but our hero brushed it aside as a mere
scratch
soon it was time for everyone to return
to bear door to journey home
so osborne made his way to the guest
chambers
to rest until mid-morning
however when dawn broke it seemed all
was not well in the stables
the new stallion appeared to show signs
of unrest
in fact as the first crowed to
announce morning
it began to prance in its stool by the
second
it began to pour on the ground at the
third crow
it kicked out turned and kicked out
again and broke free
it scarfed out of the stable yard the
stable hands and the grooms awoke to
this and tried to stop the furious beast
but it was too late he was last seen
disappearing over the distant hills
immediately a search was put in place
but was in vain
when he awoke and was told sir osbour
set a
a search with some men but that was in
vain
the host the lord demanded that the
search reach out to all the nearby
villages
but that was in vain the horse
was never seen again
sir ozbert and others have been known to
return to the fort
on moonlit nights and call out to draw
forward the ghost
night tonight come forth and fight
but he's never reappeared the story has
since become
legend a tale to tell on dark wintered
nights
but those who were there will remember
the magnificence
of the horse and every year
the wound caused by the splintered lance
in his thigh burst open
to remind sir osbert of his encounter
with the ghostly knight
now i've almost finished my mending so
i'm gonna leave it there
and i wish you well
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