The Tale Of King Solomon's Crown

King Solomon had a magic crown which made anyone who wore it wise.
But no man could wear it because the moment that a man put on the crown he became wise and understood that, in being wise, he would understand the world and that understanding the world would only bring him sorrow and so the wisest thing to do was not to wear the crown.
And so, because the King saw no use for the crown, he had one of his servants throw it away and his servant threw it into a lake that was near the King's palace.
But when the crown, being heavy, sank to the bottom of the lake it landed upon the head of a lake monster called the Mudluk and, with the crown upon its head, the Mudluk became immensely knowledgable about all things; language, science, mathematics, engineering and philosophy and coming up from the bottom of the lake, with its immense physical strength and the wisdom that the crown gave it, it started to attack the people of Solomons kingdom but because of its combined strength and intelligence, no one; not even the bravest and the brightest of the Kings soldiers could defeat it.
And so Solomon took it upon himself to face the monster and, as he was standing before the towering creature, he said.
"It is obvious that you could devour me if you wanted", said the king, "I am no match for you physically but perhaps I can defeat you in a battle of the intellect and if I win you must give me your crown".
With the crown upon its head the creature was certain that no one could defeat it and so it accepted the challenge.
"Very well", said Solomon, "Then I challenge you to say something that is not wise".
Now the Mudluk, because he wore the crown of wisdom was unable to say unwise things and, though he struggled with all his might to think of something foolish to say could not.
Unable to win the challenge; with a roar of frustration the Mudluk threw down the crown at Solomons feet.
"I cannot", said the Mudluk, angrilly, "So you have won the battle of wits".
But then, grinning an evil grin as wide as a city wall, the Mudluk said,
"All the same, I will eat you".
But then, as the Mudluk was stomping towards King Solomon with its gigantic clawed feet, the King picked up the crown of wisdom and, placing it upon his head he automatically knew how to kill the Mudluk and threw his spear between the Mudlucks eyes where he knew its heart was.
And the moment that the Mudluks evil heart was pierced, it fell to the ground and died.
After that King Solomon decided that, whether or not it brought him sadness, the safest place for the crown of wisdom was upon his head.