Getting fighting fit Long before there have been machines to work out on and competitive sports to stay moving and before wars were being fought, man didn't think about conditioning as a way of keeping healthy. He simply knew if he didn't hunt, he wouldn't eat if he didn't run, something would hunt him. They were a down economy that focused simply on survival. 9. Their emotional appeal William with his fantastic friend Jason bring their bicycles on the attic, shrink themselves, and continue an outing. They meet Sir Simon because he is going to leave for the tournament, and so they stop at his castle. They spend time with a boy as well as a girl at the castle and together. The girl tells them of your omen her grandmother, Calendar, kept repeating before she died. Sir Simon sent Calendar away to the convent as he thought she was crazy anf the husband does not believe the omen. Few accept is as true but Calendar's granddaughter does. Jason and William believe it too.