Samson and Delilah Page #2

in a lot of pretty ears.

None as pretty as yours.

My sister does her lion

hunting with plum pits.

Be good, now,

or the game may eat the hunter.

l can't really blame her

for hunting you.

Samson, you are rather like a lion.

Then you should learn more

about lion hunting.

Proud and strong and fearless.

But not very wise.

Ahtur.

Here. l brought a thorn for a rose.

Oh, thank you, Ahtur.

Balances perfectly.

There's only one Danite

fool enough to climb this wall.

The governor of Dan has a hunter's eye.

- l just told Semadar...

- Yes, l heard you.

You'll hunt from my chariot today,

Semadar.

Samson thinks he can help us

kill the lion.

We're very grateful,

But the Lord of the five cities,

whose conquests reach

from the Nile to Babylon,

may succeed without the assistance

of a judge of shepherds.

A shepherd needs to know

more about lions than a king.

His life depends upon it.

A shepherd obeys the law.

His life depends on that.

The first law your fathers learned

was to bow before Philistine spears.

You like to have people

bow to the might of spears.

l like to have spears...

bow to people.

Especially beautiful women.

You destroy a weapon

that you lack the skill to use.

Perhaps Semadar will teach me...

After our marriage.

Marriage to...

Your humor is even greater than

your strength.

The Saran.

The judge of Dan would do well

to leave the way he came...

Seek a bride in some other pasture.

Ahtur!

Ahtur!

Hail, great majesty.

Hail!

l don't like Ahtur either.

Water for the horses!

Hunt your lion with that, nimrod.

lf you killed the lion,

they'd call you great.

l can bend their spears

but l cannot outrun their horses.

l could get you there first.

We have stables.

What's your price?

Take me with you.

You're a bold little monkey.

What's your name?

Delilah.

Come on.

Faster, Samson, faster!

- Hold tight to the railing!

- l'll hold tight to you!

Be careful, you'll fall out!

No, l won't!

Semadar doesn't love

your strength like l do.

l'd love to feel the power of your arms.

l'd rather feel a wildcat on my back!

Will you tame me, Samson?

l'll use you for lion bait!

l don't see any lion!

Here, kill him before they gets here.

l won't need that,

he's a young lion.

Samson!

- You're more trouble than...

- l'm afraid!

Get up on that rock and don't move.

Look out!

Samson.

You killed him with your hands.

Oh, Samson.

Hey, one cat at a time.

What's the matter with you?

l love you. That's what's

the matter with me. I love you.

Lion ho!

Halt the hunt!

The beast is slain.

Delilah.

Semadar, the Saran.

Who is this girl?

My sister, Lord Saran.

l don't know how she came here

with this...

Danite, isn't he?

Perhaps this little blossom from

Tubal's Garden can enlighten us.

Oh, yes, majesty, l can.

Samson killed the lion

with his bare hands.

Never has there been such power

in any man.

Your sister has a lively imagination.

So you're Samson,

the brawling troublemaker.

The Saran knows me.

Yes, and no good of you.

Come here, girl.

You say he used no weapon?

Just his two hands, Lord Saran.

He was magnificent.

Only a god could do what he did.

Well, Danite, you have one worshipper.

Ahtur, examine the beast

and find the mark of the javelin.

But l...

Delilah, get down from that wheel.

Have you no respect?

There's no blood.

The wound must be on the other side.

The body's warm.

There is no mark upon the skin.

What?

l said there wasn't.

No mark?

Would you have us believe

the beast dropped dead from fear?

The girl told you the truth.

What you believe is your affair.

l should like to see this strength.

Garmiskar!

Now you'll see fur fly.

You'll see some blood flow.

Break this boaster's bones.

l have no quarrel

with your warrior.

What kind of courage claims

to face a lion and fears my wrestler?

The man has done me no harm.

Fight him, Samson.

Fight him.

Like all boasters, he's a coward.

Garmiskar...let him feel the whip.

Now watch.

Garmiskar's down!

Get up Garmiskar! Get up!

He's near 400 pounds.

He threw him like a sack of grain.

The hunter's prize is yours.

One ring for two lions.

l would like to name my own prize.

Oh, yes?

What would you have...

My throne?

l would take a Philistine bride.

The girl seems willing enough.

l need men like you, if it takes a

pretty face to binds you to me...

your request is granted.

Choose your bride.

This is the woman l take.

But Semadar is promised to me.

l have given my word, Ahtur.

She is yours

and a 100 pieces of silver.

You have given me a great treasure.

Will you accept from me

the skin of the lion?

As a peace offering,

from one prince to another.

ls it wise to have

this mad dog in our city?

He might be tamed in our city.

Lord Saran.

Samson could make no trouble if...

...Ahtur brought 30 of his warriors

to the wedding feast.

This girl has the wisdom of a serpent.

Ride home together and discuss

the choice of wedding companions.

Hunt home!

Look! The feather Dance!

Feather against sword.

Feather always wins.

lt's nothing more than a witch's trick.

No man can kill a lion

with his bare hands.

Who saw him kill the beast?

You saw him throw Garmiskar.

Why aren't you entertaining

the wedding guests?

They hate him.

Because he's a Danite?

Because he's a fool.

Most man are, Delilah.

There is nothing you can do about it.

Sometimes a bee can move an ox.

A man shouldn't have to reach

at his own wedding feast.

The most desirable grapes

are always out of reach.

- Not if you reach high enough.

- Or wait long enough.

You waited too long, Ahtur.

For what?

Entertainment.

What will you choose?

Wine...

beauty...song?

l have wine.

You have beauty.

And Samson has a voice.

Sing us one of your shepherd songs,

Samson.

My singing sounds more like

the bleating of my sheep.

But l will set you a riddle.

Can he make one?

Speak up, strong man!

What riddle? Tell us!

Out of the eater came forth meat.

Out of the strong came forth sweetness.

Out of the eater came forth...

That's a fool's riddle.

Then answer it.

There's no sense to it.

Sweetness from the strong?

He's twisting words.

Riddle? Why by the seven planets,

that's no riddle at all.

lt's not a riddle without a wager.

Or without gold.

What gold can Samson wager?

There are many kinds of gold.

There is the gold in Semadar's hair.

But we won't wager that.

Then there is the gold thread of a cloak.

That l will wager.

lf you guess the riddle,

l'll pay each of you a new garment.

All 30 of us?

All 30.

That's a heavy wager.

How can he pay?

With 30 lion skins?

We'll get all shepherd cloaks.

- Where would he get 30 garments?

- Yes, one for each of us!

Take care.

Samson is clever at trapping foxes.

You may lose.

Then each one of us will

pay him a change of garments.

All 30?

All 30.

- Agreed!

- lt's a wager!

- 30 garments. - lt's a bargain!

- You'll pay!

Leave them with your riddle Samson,

while l put on my wedding veil.

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