Chapter 10: Of Sir Gawain's adventures in the forest.
Riding the steed of the hideous damosel, Sir Gawain travelled at a gentle pace through the forest. There were many wild flowers that grew on the forest floor, and Sir Gawain rode most slowly to make sure the damosel's palfrey crushed all of them. He was enjoying taking part in the destruction of all that is pure and beautiful when he Sir Gawain saw a pack of chimera running toward him. Being deathly afeered of snakes, Sir Gawain nearly dropped dead of a heart attack. He drew his sword and ran straight into the pack of chimera, trying to slice their snake tails off. Snakes flew into the air and one bit Sir Gawain on the forehead and decided that it wanted to keep its teeth sunk into his flesh. Sir Gawain began to shriek and attempted to remove the snake from his forehead, but the snake was a stubborn bugger and wouldn't move. Resigned to having a snake stuck to his forehead for the rest of his life, Sir Gawain continued on. Then he began to feel ill. Oh crap, Sir Gawain thought, the snake must be poisonous. That was the last thing he thought before he fell off the palfrey and into a deep hole.