The Cook's Tale Prologue:

The cook talks about how much he enjoyed the Reeve's tale and how people should be careful about who they let in their house. To prove his point he quotes Solomon, "Bring not every man into thine house." The host of the party warns the cook to tell a fair and decent tale with quality content. He doesn't want the tale to be like the cook's various pastries and pies that are a week old and covered in flies. The cook says that he has a good story but it is about an innkeeper and he asks the host not to take offense.

The Cook's Tale:

There was a prentice who lived in the same city as the cook. He was strong, handsome and incessantly happy. He loved to sing, dance and gamble his way through the city. However, a problem arose with his employers. They took his outings as thievery because they were essentially the ones to pay for his gambling excursions. Near the end of the man's apprenticeship his master told him to leave. The thought being that the man could not persuade the other men to follow his nightly outings. The Tale ends with the man finding a female companion to gamble and spend his days with. The catch being that she was a prostitute and that was the only match the man was fit for.

Intro to the Sergeant-At-Law's Tale:

Based on the sun's position in the sky, the host determines that it is the eighteenth of April. He asks the Sergeant-At-Law to fulfill his promise and to begin his story. The lawyer says that there is no tale he could tell that has not already been written by Chaucer, the writer in their company. The host says that Chaucer does not write tale's associated with anything that is grotesque or sinful. To that, the lawyer says that he will tell a tale of poverty and speak in prose, leaving the formation of poetry to Chaucer.

The Sergeant-At-Law's Tale Prologue:

The lawyer talk of poverty and how it is the worst condemnation that God could give. He says that poverty reduces a man to become a beggar and diminishes any sort of self-respect due to the need to survive. Poverty causes a man to steal and commit other sinful crimes. He quotes the wise as saying that it is "better to be dead than poor." He then transitions into talking about the rich and how God created a world in which men could be so disproportionately wealthy.

The Reeve's Tale Summary:

After the Miller finishes telling his tale, the Reeve is really offended because he is a carpenter and the story was inappropriate. So for some reason the Reeve thinks that he can get back at the Miller by telling an even raunchier tale that involves a dishonest miller getting cheated. So there is a miller who lives near Cambridge who grinds all the corn for the local area and a nearby college. He steals the flour from everyone he grinds it for and everyone know of his dishonesty but won't do anything about it because he is a strong and dangerous man. Two young men, named John and Alan, come from the nearby college to watch the miller grind their corn so they won't be cheated out again. However, the miller knows of their plan and tries to outsmart the scholars by undoing their plan. He goes outside his house, where the scholars' horse is tied up, and undoes the rope so that the horse runs off. Once the scholars find out about their runaway horse they completely forget about the overseeing of the flour and run to go retrieve their horse. They finally get the horse tied up again by nightfall and ask to stay in the millers house. After the miller, his wife, and his twenty year old daughter fall asleep, Alan decides to get some recompense for his stolen goods. He goes over to the miller's daughter and has sex with her. Then John feels like an idiot because he hasn't gotten any pay back so he moves the baby's cradle in front of his bed so that when the wife gets up to pee and comes back she'll climb into his bed (using the crib to navigate which bed she's in because it is so dark). So the wife gets in bed with John and they have sex because she thinks it's her husband. When Alan get ready to leave he goes to the miller's bed (thinking it's John's) and tells him what he did. The miller and Alan then get into a fight and eventually Alan and John escape with their flour, horse and a sense of payback.

The Miller's Tale:

After the Knight finishes telling his story the Miller drunkenly offers to tell his. He begins with a carpenter named John and his wife Alison. The carpenter is described as being a very simple man, who lacked any sort of intelligence. He allowed people to stay in his house for a fee; one of those men was a scholar name Fly Nicholas. Fly Nicholas was very interested in astrology and would tell people of his predictions based off the stars; such as when it might rain. He was very attracted to the carpenter's wife and made many advances that were adamantly denied by Alison. However, after some time Alison softened up and told Nicholas that when the carpenter left on business they could be together. A parish clerk named Absolon was also interested in Alison. He spotted her at church when she was giving her confessions, and he proceeded to sing by her window every night to tell her of his love. When the carpenter was preparing to finally go away on business, Nicholas and Alison hatched a plan. Nicholas brought up two days worth of food to sustain him while he hid in his room on the days proceeding the carpenter's departure. The thought was to have the carpenter think Nicholas gone so that no suspicions would arise upon his return from his business. The plan was never fulfilled, however, because the carpenter became so worried that he sent his servant up to Nicholas' room to check on him. The boy looked through a hole in the wall and saw that Nicholas was alright, but when he broke the door down Nicholas pretended to be possessed. He told the carpenter that he was sent a message from God saying that a great flood was about to happen, and the only people that could be saved were himself, the carpenter and his wife. Being a man of low intelligence, the carpenter believed every word and went to work on creating three separate tubs for each of them to survive the flood. The next night, the eve of the flood, all three climbed into their respective tubs, situated high up in the rafters of the house. The carpenter fell quickly to sleep, allowing Nicholas and Alison to be together all night in the carpenter's bedroom. Upon learning that the carpenter had not been seen for days, Absolon went to his house at dawn to sing to Alison. She refused him, saying she was in love with another, and told him to leave. He asked for one kiss before he left, which Alison granted with her butt rather than her mouth (it being pitch black out so that he wouldn't notice). When Absolon learned of her trickery he secretly returned with a hot iron and asked for another kiss. Nicholas came this time, and Absolon promptly burned him on the butt with the iron. Nicholas then screamed, awaking the carpenter who cut the rope thinking the flood had started. He fell to the floor breaking his arm, which led to his neighbors coming over to see him on the ground in pain. He told them about the flood, but Alison and Nicholas said he was mad, which everyone believed, and made the carpenter look insane.

The Knight's Tale Summary: Part 4

The tournament begins after many festivities and all of Athens goes to the arena to see the battle. Arcita arrives from the gate dedicated to Mars while Palamon enters from the gate of Venus. The morning of the battle Theseus had declared that he wants no noble man to die; so he ordered that all men that are defeated must be captured in battle rather than killed. After much fighting, Palamon is eventually taken captive. Arcita rejoices and is married on the spot to Emily. However, up in the heavens, Venus looks down with dismay and asks for Saturn to help her because she has been defeated. Saturn asks Pluto to send a fury to disrupt the end of the tournament. A fury arrives just after Arcita and Emily have been married. Arcita is atop his horse, but when the Fury appears, it scares the horse which topples over on top of Arcita. Arcita's chest has been crushed and they take him to Theseus' palace, expecting him to recover. However, Arcita succumbs to his injuries. Just before he dies, he asks Emily to take pity on him and that no man would love him more than Palamon once he is dead. After a great funeral pyre in the woods, years of mourning pass, felt by the citizens of Athens, Thebes, and most of all, Theseus, Emily and Palamon. Once a couple of years have passed a senate meeting occurs in Athens, in which a treaty between Thebes and Athens is proposed. Theseus sends for Palamon from Thebes to discuss the matter of the treaty. When the senate is assembled, along with Emily, Palamon and many onlookers, Theseus declares that Emily and Palamon shall be married. He says that they should stop their mourning and accept Arcita's fate. He says that Arcita passed away in his prime with all his honor and glory and that is something that should be admired not mourned. So he gives his blessing to Palamon and Emily and they are married happily ever after :)

Prompt- Which door would you choose?

I would most definitely choose the door that led to Hogwarts. There are so many reasons that I would pick this world, first and foremost being that there is magic. I also would want to become Hemione's best friend and kill Lavender Brown. I would get my wand at Ollivander's and it would probably be elm wood with a dragon heart string core, but as we all know the wand chooses the wizard so I don't know for sure. I would want to get an owl and a cat, although Im not sure if that would be in violation of some sort of one animal per student rule. I would get a black cat, one that looks a lot like Mrs. Norris so that students would think it worked for Filch and get scared. My owl would be snow white because Hedwig had a very classy look to her. If I went to Hogwarts I would want to be a chaser on the quidditch team. I would be in Ranvenclaw because everyone knows Slytherin is for jerks and Hufflepuff is for losers. I wouldn't want to be in Gryffindor because I feel like everyone in that house would be really arrogant (except for Hermione of course). So when I need to study for an exam I would invite Hermione to the Ravenclaw common room because that's where all the smart kids are. The only bad thing about going to Hogwarts is that I am pretty sure all the wizards and witches will die out. I mean, its just that J.K Rowling did not create a sustainable world; the only way the magic bloodline can stay alive is if there was a lot of incest going around. So yeah that is kind of self-explanatory in why I would be hesitant to go to Hogwarts. Even if you factor in Durmstrang and Beauxbatons and the rest of the wizarding world, it still isn't enough to remain magical for very long. And think of the squibs! So wizards would definitely have to interbreed with muggles. But then what would happen if the magic died out? Then I wouldn't want to go to Hogwarts because there would be no magic! So if I left right now to go to Hogwarts then it would be fine, but in a couple of generations, no thanks.

The Kinght's Tale Part 3 Summary:

Arcita and Palamon return to Thebes to each gather an army of a hundred men. During the year that passes, Theseus builds an amphitheater to house the upcoming battle. The amphitheater has three temples, one dedicated to Venus, the other to Diana, and the last to Mars. A year later, Palamon and Arcita ride to Athens, each with a hundred knights. Palamon rides with the King of Thrace, while Arcita rides with the King of India. Once they arrive in Athens, the two men and their company are situated in Thesus' castle. They are honored with feasts and are given Theseus' greatest hospitality. The day before the battle, Palamon goes to the temple of Venus before daybreak to pray for his victory. He prays that she help him in battle and give him strength to defeat Arcita and win Emily. On the same day, just after sunrise, Emily goes to the temple of Diana to pray that she protect her. Emily says that she does not want to ever marry or have a child, and prays that Diana, being the goddess of virgins, protect her from Palamon and Arcita and that they find love elsewhere. Several hours later, Arcita goes to the temple of Mars to pray for victory in battle. He asks Mars to give him strength and power to defeat Palamon. Each god responds to their prayers: Venus sends down a signal that she has heard Palamon's prayers; Diana appears before Emily to tell her she must marry either Arcita or Palamon; and Mars whispers that there will be victory to Arcita. However, up in the heavens, the gods fight with one another, each trying to help their respective followers.

The Knight's Tale Part 2 Summary:

After two years, Arcita awakens to a vision of Hermes telling him to go to Athens. Once he arrives in the city, he takes up the work of a common peasant in fetching the water and grains for Theseus' household. He goes by the name of Philostrate and is disguised by his slender figure and pale complexion, coming from two years of malnutrition due to his anguish. Arcita spends three years as a serf, working his way up the lowly ranks to become Theseus' own servant. Meanwhile, Palamon is wasting away in his prison. Seven years after Arcita's release, Palamon escapes with the help of a friend. He hides in the woods the next day on his way back to Thebes. On that same day, Arcita ventures to the same forest in search of flowers. Arcita, in his joy, sings of his life and his wish to be with Emily. Palamon hears and confronts Arcita. They both agree to a duel the next day in which one can die honorably and the other can pursue Emily. The next day, Theseus is hunting in the woods and comes upon the two men fighting. Palamon asks Theseus to kill them because of their sorrowful positions. However, the Queen and Emily are with Theseus, and they beg him to show the two men mercy. Theseus grants the women's wish and spares Palamon and Arcita. He says that they are now free, with no ransom and conditions; and that in one year they must return with 100 men to fight one another in a battle for Emily. He said there must be one victor, and the other taken captive or slain. Palamon and Arcita are overjoyed with this decision and gladly leave to find their armies.