The knight couldn’t understand why she couldn’t defeat the dragon. He had been continuously blocking different paths from her home for yeas. Every time she would go out for new travels he would be there, denying her passage. She had the sharpest sword and the strongest armor, but still she had no victories against this vile beast. After many years of their battles, she went out to meet him with every piece of her armory. She went down a path she has never taken, somehow knowing she would find him there. After an hour of walking she found him lounging in the middle of the road. Their eyes met and any passerby would have known immediately to run, for battle was in the air.

“You seek to pass again, fair knight?” asked the Dragon.

“No,” said the knight. “I have decided today is the last day I will face you.” She took off all her armor and laid her weapons down in front of the massive dragon. “I weary of taking part in a fight I can never win.”

The Dragon smiled at the knight as smoke curled from his nostrils.

“Take up your weapons, knight,” said the Dragon. “You will need it for other battles. Your willingness to meet me barefaced shows that you have learned that not all battles can be won by force- or indeed even won at all. Our quarrel is ended and you will not find me blocking your path again. Others may, but I can only with your happy travels.”

And with that the dragon smiled at the knight and took flight back to his home in the nearby mountains. The knight collected her belongings and returned to her house to begin her travels for the first time in a long while.