They noticed that virginity was needed

To trap the unicorn in every case,

But not that, of those virgins who succeeded,

A high percentage had an ugly face.

The hero was a daring as they thought him,

But these peculiar boyhood missed them all;

The angel with the broken leg had taught him

The right precautions to avoid a fall.

So in presumption they set forth alone

On what, for them, was not compulsory:

And stuck hallway to settle in some cave

With desert lions in domesticity

Or turned aside to be absurdly brave

And met the ogre and were turned on stone.