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Begins with the king as a boy
having to sleep alone...
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...in the forest to prove
his courage so he can become king.
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While he's spending
the night alone...
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...he's visited by a sacred vision.
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Out of the fire
appears the Holy Grail...
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...symbol of God's divine grace.
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A voice said to him,
"You shall be keeper of the Grail...
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...so that it may heal
the hearts of men."
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But the boy was blinded by
greater visions of a life...
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...filled with power
and glory and beauty.
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And in this state
of radical amazement...
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...he felt for a brief moment,
not like a boy...
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...but invincible.
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Like God.
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So he reached in the fire
to take the Grail...
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...and the Grail vanished...
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...leaving him with his hand
in the fire to be terribly wounded.
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Now, as this boy grew older...
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...his wound grew deeper.
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Until one day...
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...life for him lost its reason.
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He had no faith in any men,
not even himself.
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He couldn't love...
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...or feel loved.
He was sick with experience.
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He began to die.
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One day, a fool wandered
into the castle...
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...and found the king alone.
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And being a fool, he was simple-minded.
He didn't see a king.
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He only saw a man alone...
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...and in pain.
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And he asked the king,
"What ails you, friend?"
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And the king replied:
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" I'm thirsty and I need some water
to cool my throat."
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So the fool took a cup from beside
his bed, filled it with water...
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...and handed it to the king.
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And as the king began to drink...
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...he realized his wound was healed.