Reading Notes: Canterbury Tales (Part B)

3-5. The Cock, the Hen, and the Fox

• Synopsis
• A widow and her two daughter live on a small farm
• They are poor
• They have a rooster and seven hens
• The rooster dreams of a fox one night
• His favorite hen calls him out for being afraid
• The rooster then tells her two stories about how dreams can sometimes be real (ish)
• The rooster goes about his day, ignoring the dream at the insistence of his girlfriend (?)
• While he's singing one morning, the fox approaches
• The fox tells him he just wants to enjoy his music
• He flatters the rooster
• The rooster goes back to singing and gets attacked
• The hens scream as the fox runs away with the rooster
• The widow and her daughters hear the screaming and chase the fox
• The whole damn village ends up chasing him
• The rooster tricks the fox into speaking, but when he opens his mouth the rooster flies up into a tree
• Possibilities
• Any story about dreams being real
• Fox's perspective
• What if he really did know the roosters father?
• What if this widow is the same one from part A?

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Story Source

Canterbury Tales, Eva March Tappan