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=Guinevere and Her Fear.= By: Becca.

Once upon a time, as you may have heard of There lived a queen who King Arthur called his love. Lovely and kind, her name was Guinevere, And unfortunately spiders she did fear. The knights and ladies who had heard **5** Thought this fear was most absurd. “Spiders?!” they’d laugh and say, “Why not worry about dragons we sometimes have to slay!” Sadly Guinevere would cry and hide, Her feelings were hurt by these comments so snide. **10** Finally after years of laughs and names She decided to put an end to the mocking games. She went to her husband, King Arthur, and yelped. She begged him to find someone who could help. Arthur didn’t need to think, he knew just what to do, **15** He knew a witch named Myrtle, who could fix up a potion or magical brew. So he sent for Myrtle, who lived not too far And Myrtle came hastily, holding a jar. “What’s that?” Guinevere asked concerned. “Your cure,” Myrtle chuckled “an ancient remedy I once learned.” **20** Guinevere paused, but what else could she do? She swallowed the potion that was almost as thick as glue. With a choke and a cough Guinevere was done And Myrtle laughed, “now wasn’t that fun?” It was three days later while roaming around **25** Guinevere saw a giant green spider on the ground. Shockingly she did not run or scream She suddenly didn’t care about the spider so green. “The potion it worked!” Guinevere happily screamed. “I must write that witch at once; this is better than I dreamed!” **30** She then wrote Myrtle, who wrote her in return And what Myrtle said gave Guinevere a lesson to learn. “Oh Guinevere your news is so great! But I have news of my own, you just might hate. I have undoubtedly tricked you my lovely queen, **35** With the oldest trick in the book, I hope you don’t find it mean. The potion was a placebo, yes indeed a fake To make you think a remedy you did take. I knew once you thought you were fixed and cured You’d laugh at any spider, and think your old fear absurd.” **40** Guinevere laughed, and then she realized, To rid her fear she didn’t have to be cured or hypnotized. She had it within her the whole time, Her lack of confidence seemed to be the crime. “Spiders aren’t so scary,” she said with a smile **45** “But my fear of snakes that might be around for a while.”

Further Reading:
[|Guinevere on Wikipedia] [|Placebo Effect on Wikipedia]  [|Arachnophobia on Earthlife]

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Photo Credits:
Potion photo by [|zacharmstrong] Witch photo by [|rachel a. k.] Spider photo by [|muhawi001]