I know you didn’t sleep all night waiting for the update on the epic poem.
Well you want to know the truth. Ma didn’t read it all. She gave up after the first few of the 61 verses and went straight to the “in a nutshell version”.
Bottom line is this was based on Greek mythology so not original to Chaucer. He embellished it well though and scholars rate it as his best work.
You know the usual plot of star crossed lovers and how they eventually succumb to tragedy.
That’s the deal and if asked who said the immortal words “it is nought good a sleeping hound to wake” it was Pandanus who was the lovers go between.
Blessing#2118-To Pander!
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