I Assure You, My Friends,

Sage. A Wise And Holy Man Who Died A Long Time Ago. No One Modern Qualifies.

All She Heard Next Of The Strange Conversation Behind The Sofa Was Mrs. Pendragon Saying Something About Sending Twinkle (or Was His Name Howl?) To Bed Without Supper And Twinkle Daring Her To 'jutht Try It.

Theseus Made Unscrupulous Use Of Ariadne (whom He Left On An Island Where Bacchus Later Found Her-i Always Think That Really Meant She Took To Drink, Poor Girl).

Doras Ii Was A Somewhat Absentminded King, It Is Said, When Death Came To Summon Him, Doras Granted Death The Usual Formal Audience And Then Dismissed Him From His Presence. Death Was Too Embarrassed To Return Until Many Years Later- Ka'a Orto'o, Gnomic Utterances

It Is Quite A Risk To Spank A Wizard For Getting Hysterical About His Hair.