James Thomas Didymos

Thomas Goes Fishing (Restored-UK)

Percy : 

Did you ever hear The Story 

of The Fisher King?

Jack : 

No.

Percy : 

It begins with The King as A Boy, 

having to spend The Night 

alone in The Forest to 

prove His Courage so 

He can become King. 

Now while he's spending 

The Night alone, he's visited 

by a sacred vision. 

Out of The Fire appears 

The Holy Grail, symbol of 

God's Divine Grace. 

And A Voice said to The Boy, 

"You shall be Keeper of The Grail so that

it may heal The Hearts of Men." 

But The Boy was blinded 

by greater visions of 

A Life filled with power 

and glory and beauty. 

And in this state of 

radical amazement,

he felt for a brief moment 

not Like A Boy, but 

invincible, Like God --

 

So he reached into The Fire 

to take The Grail, and 

The Grail vanished, 

leaving him with 

His Hand in The Fire, to 

be terribly wounded. 

Now as This Boy grew older, 

His Wound grew deeper. 

Until one day, Life for him 

lost its reason. 

He had no faith in any 

man, not even himself. 

He couldn't love or feel loved. 

He was sick with experience. 

He began to die. 

One day, A Fool wandered 

into The Castle and 

found The King alone. 

And being A Fool, 

He was simple-minded, 

He didn't see A King. 

He only saw A Man 

alone and in pain. 

And he asked The King, 

"What ails you friend?" 

The King replied, "I'm thirsty. 

I need some water 

to cool my throat". 

So The Fool took A Cup 

from beside his bed, 

filled it with water and 

handed it to The King. 

As The King began to drink, 

he realised his wound 

was healed. 

He looked in His Hands and 

there was The Holy Grail, 

that which he sought 

all of His Life. 

And he turned to The Fool 

and said with amazement, 

"How can you find that 

which my brightest and 

bravest could not?" 

And The Fool replied, "I don't know. 

I only knew that you were thirsty."