Cap O Rushes
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Intro one
Intro two
Cap O Rushes animated cartoon
Closing credits
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6593061250823626402&hl=en
A father had three daughters. He asked his daughters how they loved him. The first said, " I love you as the earth loves the rain."
The second said, "I love you as the flowers love the sun."
The third said, "I love you as meat loves salt."
"What?!" the father said, and he banished her from the household.
She wandered about the woods and the fen and gathered as much reeds and swampgrass that she needed and made this into a coat and hat and this she wore as she approached a fancy restaurant in the city, in the heart of the light grey cement downtown, and asked to be employed as a dishwasher.
The staff of that immense and mysterious kitchen said that there was to be a dance and asked her if she wanted to go. She said that she would rather stay home. When the evening came, she took off her coat of reeds and wore a fancy dress and when she went to the dance, the local Lord fancied her and they danced all night, he never taking his eyes off her.
The next day, the staff of the restaurant said, "You should have come to the dance, the Lord danced with a lovely lady, he never taking his eyes off her."
The next month, there was another dance, and again, the staff asked Cap O' Rushes if she wanted to go. She said no, but, well, you know.
One day, the Lord was ill, and he was ill because he could not wait between dances to see his Lady, he was dying for the love of his lady. When Cap O' Rushes heard this, she said, "Let me prepare the Lord's gruel, and I will put a ring into it."
Predictably, the Lord, when he found the Ring in his soup was none too pleased and wanted to see whoever was responsible for cooking the soup.
Cap O' Rushes appeared and he said, "Who on Earth are you?!"
Cap O' Rushes then took off her disguise.
They were married and there was to be a banquet. The father of Cap O' Rushes received an invitation along with everyone else.
Before the meal, Cap O' Rushes told the cook not to put any salt on the meat.
At the banquet, everyone complained about how the meat lacked any taste. That is when the father seeing his daughter wept as he now knew what she meant when she said how much she loved him.
Note: SCTV. Second City Television. Second sight. Second city.I never made that connection.....
Author's note: This is a story from Joseph Jacobs and the book is published from Everyman's Press and the cover is a nice painting that reminds me of life in Vancouver, in the really nice West End at 16th and McDonald. The Point Grey area is a nice rarified posh place to live.
Also this book which has one of the nicest covers which I have ever seen. It brings to mind the Vancouver area around 4th and Blanca which is a really nice area to live. For subjective reasons, I am exiled from Vancouver for the rest of my life. The only way I can live in Vancouver again is to die and to be reborn to a wealthy family in Vancouver.
