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The Cook's Tale
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The owner of the Tabard Inn, who volunteers to travel with the pilgrims. He promises to keep everyone happy, be their guide and arbiter in disputes, and judge the tales.
Harry Bailey
Roger of Ware
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* a cook in London
* is very cheap
* always sells stale pies to the pilgrims.
* he always takes out the gravy fro the unsold pies and then sells the pies that have been reheated twice and are full of flies.
Perkin Reveller
A young apprentice cook most interested in dancing, drinking, singing, gambling, and lovemaking.
The Cook's Tale
Characters
Roger of Ware ( the cook who is telling the tale)
Harry Bailly ( The Host)
Perkin Reveller (the apprentice cook)
by Regina Servin
Prologue
It starts out when the Cook (Roger of Ware) volunteers to tell a funny story that has actually happened in the city. The Host (Harry Bailey) in a joking matter states that the Cook must tell a very good tale in order to compensate for all the stale pies he has sold to the people. Then the Cook starts his tale.
Summary
Summary
There once was an apprentice that lived in London. He was explained as a good looking man with stylish long black hair. He loved to dance, gamble, and sing. He was so good at dancing the people nicknamed him Perkin Reveller. He would rather go to the Tavern then spend his time working at the shop counter. One day his master came to notice his sloppy behavior and also noticed that there was money missing from the counter. Yes the master tolerated him but decided to let him go because “It is better to take the rotten apple out of the bag than to have it rot all the other apples”. Perkin did not really care, he was happy that now he could do whatever he wanted. He ended up moving in with a friend whose wife is a prostitute.
This is an unfinished tale, some believe that Chaucer intended this tale to be incomplete.
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