Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Answers and more Sentences

To Answer Brianna:
Reeve: Skinny man who wore a long blue outer coat. Had a rusty sword with him. Very choleric. Has hair so short that it reminds Chaucer of a priest.

2nd Nun: There's no physical description of her ):

Nun's priest: All I know is that he owns a foul and lean horse and he is named Sir John, I think. Other than that, there's no other description of him.

Summoner
A friar going from house to house asking for donations comes to Thomas' house and is allowed in, which then lets the friar boast about his sermons to Thomas; eventually, Thomas says that his son died recently, but the friar says that his son went to Heaven and then asks for money only to say that Thomas doesn't give enough to the church, which angers Thomas, which causes the friar to tell a sermon about anger. The friar is made a fool when Thomas says that a gift for the friar is under his seat and tells him to reach under his butt, but when the friar does, Thomas farts on his hand and kicks the friar out.

Sailor
A frugal merchant with a sociable wife and a helpful monk, named Dan John, are close friends and the merchant was glad to have the monk around, but the monk and the wife have an affair behind the merchant's back and the wife asks the monk for 100 francs in exchange for being allowed to sleep in bed with her. The monk then asks the merchant to borrow 100 francs before he went off to Flanders for business and he gives the money to the wife; when the merchant returns, he asks the monk for the money, but the monk told him he repaid his wife a few days after he had left. The merchant gets angry when he finds out that his wife spent the money on clothes, but she says she will repay the money in bed and the merchant agrees.

Sorry if these are long, but these are pretty much the whole story summarized. Feel free to shorten them if you guys want :)

~Susan Kim

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