Oh, Perceval, a falcon is born to hunt, and so are you. One day you will hunt indeed--but not yet." "Why? Am I not ready?" She looked at him sadly and said, "Give me a little longer.

Suzannah Rowntree
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Perceval, a falcon is born to hunt, and so are you. One day you will hunt indeed--but not yet." The quote above is from the short story "The Faerie Queene," by Edmund Spenser. Perceval is a young knight who has been tasked with finding and rescuing Queen Guinevere from the boiling cauldron-like dungeon of Hell. Guinevere was married to King Arthur, whom Perceval must fight for.

As the story progresses, he finds himself fighting his mentor and friend Galahad for Guinevere's affection. In the end, Perceval is successful in getting both Guinevere and Arthur back.

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