Edwina, Wife of Bath
(The Wife of Bath's Tale)
"I have been five times wed
And every one of them was good in bed."
|
 |
 |
The Financial Adviser
(The
Pardoner's Tale) "I'll gladly give you tips
how not to pay
over the odds for anything.
I'm from Essex - something in the City."
|
Reverend Mother
(The Prioress's Tale)
"To understand each other even
when they're 'wrong'
Leads not to murder for a
child's sweet song."
|
 |
 |
Liz
(The Clerk's Tale)
"She said I couldn't keep my kids
And took them into care."
|
Mr Miller
(The Miller's Tale)
"I'm quality control personified
I find the little things the others try to hide.
"What, me? Enjoyed it? A bawdy tale
like that?
Oh, no, couldn't have."
|
 |
 |
Peter, the second-hand car salesman
(The Shipman's Tale) "Peter was a dealer
A wheeler-dealer he
He traded in the motor trade,
Second-hand cars, you see."
|
Chanticleer and Mr Fox
(The Nun's Priest's Tale)
"In a small Dorset town a lad named
Jack
Was very good at cricket, had the knack
Of bowling seamers, hard and fast and true.
He met a Mr Fox, a scout, from Surrey, County Champions."
|
 |
 |
Victor and Verity Lawson
(The
Man of Law's Tale) "We were in business,
yes, some time ago
Marketing a drug called 'Baldigo'.
"The moral of our tale is this: be true to what
you know
Is right. Beware of 'Baldigo'."
|
Tom Franklin
(The Franklin's Tale)
"I'll tell thee a tale of part of
my life,
It's really the story of Doris, my wife.
I'm on me own now, as you all can tell,
She died a year back, did Doris …"
|
 |
 |
Tamsin May
(The Merchant's Tale)
"Threatened to kill her, there and then
His hands around her throat.
Tamsin May thought quickly
What could she say or do
To make him disbelieve his eyes
To make him think her true?"
|
Phil and Sue, Canberra's on-board
entertainers and hosts to the storytellers.
|
