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ABDULLAH: There it is! The Manhaj Bridge! MUBARAK: Oh, great.
KNIGHT: Look! ABDULLAH: There's the old man, Rabi al-Madkhali!
KNIGHT: What is he doing here? ABDULLAH: Madkhali is the keeper of the Manhaj
Bridge. He asks each traveller five Manhaj questions--
KNIGHT: Three questions. ABDULLAH: Three Manhaj questions. He who answers
the five questions-- KNIGHT: Three questions.
ABDULLAH: Three Manhaj questions may cross in safety.
MUBARAK: What if you get a question wrong? ABDULLAH: Then you are cast out of the Manhaj
into the Gorge of Eternal Peril. MUBARAK: Oh, I won't go.
KNIGHT: Who's going to answer the questions? ABDULLAH: President MUBARAK!
MUBARAK: Yes? ABDULLAH: Brave President MUBARAK, you go.
MUBARAK: Hey! I've got a great idea. Why doesn't Prince NAIF go?
NAIF: Yes, let me go, my liege. I will take him single-handed.
I shall make a feint to the north-east-- ABDULLAH: No, no, no, hang on, hang on, hang
on! Just answer the five questions-- KNIGHT: Three questions.
ABDULLAH: Three questions as best you can. And we shall watch... and pray.
NAIF: I understand, my liege. ABDULLAH: Good luck, brave Prince NAIF. God
be with you. KEEPER: Stop! Who would cross the Manhaj Bridge
must answer me these questions three, 'ere the other side
he see. NAIF: Ask me the questions, manhaj-keeper.
I'm not afraid. KEEPER: What is your name?
NAIF: My name is Prince NAIF of Riyadh. KEEPER: What is your quest?
NAIF: To seek Eternal Authority. KEEPER: What is your favorite color?
NAIF: Blue. KEEPER: Right. Off you go.
NAIF: Oh, thank you. Thank you very much. MUBARAK: That's easy!
KEEPER: Stop! Who approaches the Manhaj Bridge must answer me
these questions three, 'ere the other side he see.
MUBARAK: Ask me the questions, bridge-keeper. I'm not afraid.
KEEPER: What is your name? MUBARAK: President MUBARAK of Egypt.
KEEPER: What is your quest? MUBARAK: To seek Eternal Authority.
KEEPER: Who wrote al-Barbahari’s Creed? MUBARAK: I don't know that! Auuuuuuuugh!
KEEPER: Stop! What is your name? GADDAFI: Colonel Gaddafi of Libya.
KEEPER: What is your quest? GADDAFI: I seek Eternal Authority.
KEEPER: What is your ethnicity? GADDAFI: Arab. No afr-- Auuuuuuuugh!
KEEPER: Heh heh. Stop! What is your name? ABDULLAH: It is ABDULLAH, King of the Salafis.
KEEPER: What is your quest? ABDULLAH: To seek Eternal Authority.
KEEPER: How many Salafis does it take to fix the light bulb?
ABDULLAH: What do you mean? Madkhali or Sururi Salafi?
KEEPER: What? I don't know that! Auuuuuuuugh! KNIGHT: How do know so much about Salafis?
ABDULLAH: Well, you have to know these things when you're a king you know.