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The Nun's Priest's Tale
There once was a widow who lived in a small cottage with her two daughters. This widow kept a small farm, with a few chickens, one of which was a beautifully coloured rooster named Chanticleer who could crow louder than any other bird. This rooster had 7 wives, but favoured one hen the most, her name was Pertelote. The Nuns Priest says that all animals could talk at this time, and one night as chanticleer slept on his perch he had a terrible dream, which awoke Pertelote. He told Pertelote about his dream, he said that in his dream a savage beast, much like a wolfhound was going to eat him. Pertelote shamed him for being so cowardly, she told him to go back to sleep, and that dreams don't mean anything. But chanticleer told her that there is in fact truth in dreams. He went on to tell her about incidents where dreams had come true and ended badly. The next day a fox hid in the bushes, quietly waiting for his opportunity to grab Chanticleer. He watched while Chanticleer sang, but soon the rooster saw the fox in the bushes, he started to run but the fox began to speak to Chanticleer in a mild mannered way. He told Chanticleer that he never intended to scare the chicken, he said that he was admiring Chanticleer's marvellous singing. The fox told Chanticleer that apart from Chanticleer himself his father had the loudest crow, he said that his father used to stand on his toes and stretch his neck out when he sang, he asked Chanticleer to prove that he was his father's son. So he too stood on his toes and stretched out his neck to crow, and the fox snapped his jaws around the cocky rooster's neck and ran, and his wives began to chase after the Chanticleer thought that there was no hope, that his dream had been his fate, and it would have been if he had not devised a clever plan. He told the fox that he better tell the hens that chanticleer was dead meat, that he would never escape, and the fox thought that was a great idea. As he opened his...