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Hello folks, welcome to this final lesson in the Telling Tale Units.

This lesson looks at "The Devil in Cardiff" by Huw Fryer Jones from Patience Agbabi's Telling tales collection.

In the lesson, we will be discovering the narrative behind "The Devil in Cardiff." And we'll be unravelling the message within the tale.

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For this final lesson, we will study the narrative of "The Devil in Cardiff" by Huw Fryer Jones.

And we will unravel the message of this tale.

Let's have a quick catch-up of the knowledge we need for this lesson.

The Canterbury Tales is the original texts we're studying.

And The Canterbury Tale is an epic poem written by Geoffrey Chaucer.

About pilgrims sharing stories on their journey towards Canterbury cathedral.

Telling tales is a 21st century re-voicing of The Canterbury Tales.

Telling Tales by Patience Agbabi has transported the Canterbury Tales into the 21st century.

Agbabi has reinvented the tales, reinvented our characters to give them a 21st century twist.

Performance poetry.

So performance poetry is poetry specifically composed for or during a performance to an audience.

Chaucer had to rely heavily on the performance aspect of poetry.

This is due to the fact that he did not have the luxury of the printing press.

Therefore he had to rely on his poetry being performed in order to spread to a wide audience.

Agbabi emphasises this within her poetry.

We also have the use of satire.

So satire is the use of humour or exaggeration to expose people's vices.

And satire is used both by Chaucer and by Agbabi within their poetry.

They use the exaggeration of characters in order to expose people's vices.

For this lesson, we need to know the word moral.

A moral is a lesson that can be gained from a story or experienced.

You'll notice how I didn't write that a lesson can be learned.

Because some people don't learn from moral stories.

Moral stories are used commonly when teaching younger children about what is right and what is wrong and how to behave within society.

However, within Chaucer's and Agbabi's poetry, we see morals being taught in each tale.

An example of a moral story is "The Boy who Cried Wolf." A boy has the job of protecting a flock of sheep from wolves.

If a Wolf comes he has to ring a bell and cry out, "Wolf!" In order to encourage the villagers to come and help him.

After a few days with no wolf appearing, the boy is getting rather bored.

And so he pretends that a wolf is attacking.

He rings the bell and cries wolf.

The villagers come running and praise him believing his story that the wolf has since runoff.

The boy enjoys this attention so he repeats the trick.

But this time he is not praised and not believed.

When a wolf really does attack the villagers do not come thinking that the boy is fooling them again.

From this story the lesson or the moral, is to not lie because lies eventually ends up in turmoil and destruction.

"A Glass of Milk" story has a moral to it.

Once upon a time, there was a boy who made his living by selling newspapers from door to door.

This was the way he used to earn money to pay for the fees for his school.

One day he was walking from house to house, distributing newspapers as usual.

But he felt very low and was starving.

He felt that he could not walk anymore.

He was so hungry that he decided to ask for food at one of the houses.

As he knocks on the door, he was astonished to see a beautiful young girl open the door.

With much hesitation, he asked the girl for a glass of water.

The young girl immediately understood the poor boy's condition and offered him huge glass of milk.

With a surprising look, the boy drank the milk and thanked the pretty girl.

The newspaper boy asked, "How much do I owe you for this milk?" "I don't want any money for this," replied the girl.

The boy, once again thanked the girl with all of his heart and left.

Many years passed, the young girl grew up.

Unfortunately in her youth, she felt very ill with a serious problem.

The poor girl was diagnosed with a rarest of nervous disorder.

Many knowledgeable doctors were confused at her condition.

As her condition was getting very serious day by day, she was admitted to the top hospital with the most advanced facilities.

There was a renowned neuro specialist or a specialised doctor named Dr.

Kevin.

He was specially called in by the hospital doctors to examine her.

Even with his extraordinary expertise, Dr.

Kevin found the girl's illness very hard to cure.

However with hard work that lasted months he finally was able to cure her.

All the doctors praised him for his hard work.

However the girl was quite worried about how much the hospital bill would come to.

Her family had just a little money kept away in the bank.

Which was by no means enough to pay for such a long treatment.

When the girl was given the hospital bill, she was completely surprised.

She opened the bill.

She was astonished to see that the bill had been crossed out and cancelled.

And inside the bill there was a note underneath signed by Dr.

Kevin, which said, "Bill paid years ago with a glass of milk." The moral of that story is that one good turn receives another.

The idea of good Karma, "If we do good deeds, then we are rewarded with good deeds in return." Stories with morals essentially teach us the ways to be good citizens within society.

And that is important for the retelling of "The Friar's Tale" with Patience Agbabi's "The Devil in Cardiff" by Huw Fryer Jones which we're going to look at in more detail.

Firstly, we're going to meet Huw Fryer Jones.

On this screen, is Huw Fryer Jones biography.

Huw Fryer Jones is a fictional character created by Patience Agbabi.

And his biography comes at the end of her collection.

We're going to look at how Huw Fryer Jones was inspired by the Friar who tells "The Friar's Tale" within the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.

As we read through the biography of Huw Fryer Jones, I'd like you to think about what similarities you can see between Chaucer and Agbabi's characters.

Huw Fryer Jones is from Colwyn Bay, North Wales.

He studied music at Liverpool and did busking whilst a student for beer money and to impress the ladies.

Brilliant, a born matchmaker, he makes his living, singing at weddings.

His lyrics are romantic, his verse is comic.

Has published a poetry pamphlet with Seren.

Let's look at the connections we can find between the Friar and Huw Fryer Jones.

Huw Fryer Jones accepts money for singing or playing music from place to place.

This is similar to how Friar's would accept bribes because Friar's were not meant to accept any money from members of the public.

And so the Friar would accept money for their work.

Friar's would also move from town to town collecting donations for the poor.

The similarity is that Huw Fryer Jones would collect money from the public for gracing them with his music.

Huw Fryer Jones would also impress the ladies.

This connects to how corrupt Friar's would readily befriend young women.

And then finally Huw Fryer Jones would make a living singing at weddings.

The Friar within the Canterbury Tales admits to being excellent at singing competitions and boast how wonderful he is at singing.

And therefore we have a singing connection between a Friar and Huw Fryer Jones.

Although these are very subtle connections, it's clear that Agbabi has based Huw Fryer Jones around many of the characteristics that we meet within the Friar from the Canterbury Tales.

Before we read "The Devil in Cardiff" by Huw Fryer Jones, we're just going to recap "The Friar's Tale." "The Friar's Tale" begins by explaining that there is tension between the Friar and the Summoner.

The Friar attempts to anger the Summoner who is a fellow pilgrim at the group.

The Friar wants to tell an unflattering story about a Summoner.

Which the Friar believes to be an amusing story.

The Friar believes that no good can ever be said about a Summoner.

Now the host of the pilgrimage tries to keep the peace and tells the Friar to leave the Summoner alone.

But, the Summoner agrees to let the tale be told.

On the condition that the Friar is aware that the Summoner will tell an equal tale about the Friar in return.

Explaining the crimes a Friar commits.

"The Friar's Tale" begins with the Summoner.

One day, the Summoner, so a person who goes to collect those who have broken church laws meets a stylish confident man along the road on his journey.

On his journey, went out collecting.

They discover that they're both bailiffs and the two men swear to be brothers to their dying day.

The Summoner doesn't admit that he is a Summoner because everyone hates Summoners.

Because Summoners have a very bad reputation within mediaeval England.

The Summoner and the man reveal the dishonest ways they get money from their victims and agree to enter a partnership.

They agree that they would split their day's profits in half equally.

After exchanging further information, the Summoner asked the man's name.

Now the man reveals that he is a demon.

The Summoner says that he made a deal to join forces with the man even if the man is really a devil.

So the Summoner will still honour his word.

The two seal the deal and continue with their journey.

Along their journey, the Summoner and the demon meets a farmer on the road.

Who's cart is stuck in the mud.

In anger, the farmer shouts for the devil to take all carts, horse, hay everything to hell.

The Summoner urges the demon to do as the farmer asked.

But the demon, explains that because the request was not uttered from the heart, and in sincerity he has no power to take things from earth.

Later they go to the home of a rich widow who refuses to pay the Summoner.

The Summoner lies about a previous debt and says that he paid a debt for the widow.

As a result, he says that he will take her new frying pan as payment for the previous debt.

She cries and curses him for lying about a previous debt.

She says "The devil take you and the frying pan." The demon asked whether she means these words and she says she does, unless the Summoner apologises for his wrongdoing.

The Summoner refuses, and so the demon drags the Summoner off to hell with the frying pan.

The Friar ends his tale by hoping that Summoners can someday repent and become good men.

We're now going to look at tale, "The Devil in Cardiff" Huw Fryer Jones written by Patience Agbabi.

Which has been inspired by "The Friar's Tale" from the Canterbury Tales.

"The Devil in Cardiff," Huw Fryer Jones.

Do you hear Robbo got sent down again, when a snitch gets sent down, what chance are the rest of us, eh? allowed one call, and he calls me the div.

I says, "Where are you?" He says, "Hell no signal down here, can't bloody text." I says, "What are you doing down there, moron?" Says he met a man in the dragon, asked him what he does.

And Robbo says he is Bailiff.

Ella sly Robbo, the man says his Bailiff too.

For his sins and Robbo gets the bevvies in.

Talking, breaking, entering, weapons summonses like repossessions.

So it's not for a point Robbo point a bit for me robbery, but it got suspended.

So the playing pool and man says, "He's not a bailiff at all, he is the devil incarnate," Robbo says, "I was the devil in Cardiff myself last weekend, broke the ASBO, banned from South Wales me Robbo They shake hands like arm wrestling and Robbo winks says he's got a job on the side selling dope to the cops, raking it in, sick as thieves they wear.

Closing time there's a lad in Lada, won't start, he's revving it hoarse, cursing it to hell, freezing cold it was, cars choking like an old bag, then comes back to life, "Thank God," says the lad drives off Robbo laughs.

If you're the devil, you should have stayed in the car you div.

But the devil says no, he only takes what's his.

When the curse means business, none of you are half fate, Robbo says he'll teach him tricks of the trade.

They're well out of town now and Robbo stops this Bungo peeling, paint, leaky roof knocks on the door with his leather glove and this old dear opens up, "Oh it's you," tries to slam the door but he pushes through.

She says, "I owe nothing, I'm a poor old woman," but Robbo's got his fake summons.

Nonpayment of a fine of interest, "Pay up or pay the cross" he says.

And the devil's laughing in his overcoat like he's just told an old joke.

Nothing on the shelf but teapot full of old coins, Robbo grabs it, empties the coins on the carpet.

"Mine," he says, to cover an old debt I paid for you on a street corner ella sly Robbo.

She says, "You're wicked Robbo Owen, I only knew one man, my late husband die." Then start speaking Welsh like, "Repent or the devil will take your soul in a teapot ancient" Robbo tells her where she can put a repentance and the devil bags him in the teapot non-stops to hell.

Dying for our pine ears, only served tea down there, bloody biscuits, bitter for me, he'll be back here in less than a month through bitter Fiverr.

They'll be begging him to go get an ASBO from hell Robbo.

Excellent, so that is our tale in full.

As I read through the extract I'd like you to think about these questions.

Are there any connections to "The Friar's Tale?" Why is some of the poem in italics? Why does Robbo call Fryer Jones? If you'd like to make some news on those questions, once I finish reading you'll be able to take some time to pause the video and complete your notes.

Don't worry if you just want to think of the answers in your head.

Do you hear Robbo got sent down again? When a snitch gets sent down, what chance for the rest of us, eh? Allowed one call and he calls me, the div.

I says, "Where are you?" He says, "Hell, no signal down here, can't bloody text." I says, "What are you doing down there, moron?" If you would like to pause the video to finish your notes you can pause the video in three, two, one.

Are there any connections to "The Friar's Tale?" Well, yes, Robbo is described as being a snitch.

The idea of a snitch is that they tell on other people in order to better themselves.

A Summoner works by telling of other's mistakes in order to better themselves.

They get a reward for this from the archdeacon.

So therefore a snitch and a Summoner would work in a very similar way.

People are very angered by snitches very angered by Summoners.

So the Friar has a very negative view on the Summoner and therefore Huw Fryer Jones, has a very negative opinion on Robbo, the snitch.

Why is some of the poem in italics? So, "Where are you?" "Hell, no signal down here, can't bloody text." "What are you doing down there, moron?" You would have noticed that the italics are there to signal that that is speech taking place within the poem.

So it's direct speech where Huw Fryer Jones and Robbo are talking over the phone to each other about Robbo's current situation in hell.

Why does Robbo call Fryer Jones? Now here's another connection to "The Friar's Tale." So Huw Fryer, you'll notice Fryer is spelled differently but it sounds very similar to the Friar from "The Friar's Tale." It could be suggested that Robbo is calling Fryer Jones in order to confess to his crimes.

This is similar to how with the mediaeval England someone would go to the Friar in order to confess their sins also.

So there is a connection to Fryer Jones and the Friar.

It could simply be that Robbo and Huw Fryer Jones are friends and Robbo felt he could call Huw Fryer Jones.

But of all the people Huw Fryer Jones can't quite believe that Robbo had decided to phone him.

Let's look at the next extract.

While I'm reading, I'd like you to think, are there any connections to "The Friar's Tale" here? What does Robbo tell the man? That is there any language that connects to hell? Says he met a man in the dragon, ask him what he does and Robbo says, he's a bailiff.

Helluva sly, Robbo, man says is a bailiff too, for his sins.

And Robbo gets the bevvies in.

Talking, breaking, entering, weapons, summonses, like repossessions.

If you'd like to pause the video and jot down some notes, you can do so now in three, two, one.

Let's look at some answers to these questions.

Are there any connections to "The Friar's Tale?" He met a man, absolutely.

Robbo met a man in the dragon, presumably a pub.

In The Friar's Tale" the Summoner meets a man whilst out collecting.

Robbo says he's a bailiff, and the man says he's a bailiff too.

There is a perfect connection to make between "The Friar's Tale" and "The Devil in Cardiff." Within "The Friar's Tale," the Summoner admits to being a bailiff because he doesn't want to say that he is a Summoner because he's ashamed of his job.

And so he says, he's a bailiff.

The man who the Summoner meets on the side of the road, says he is also a bailiff.

Here we have a similar plot line.

What does Robbo tell the man? Robbo explains the dishonest ways that he is able to make a living.

He explains how he breaks an entering, he uses weapons, he uses fake summonses.

So here Robbo is explaining to the demon how he commits crimes.

How Robbo uses his physical powers in order to better himself.

I'm not sure that it's a smart idea for Robbo to be telling a demon how he commits crimes on earth.

Is there any language that connects to hell? Absolutely, the word sins connects to hell.

Here we hear about Robbo's sins.

But also there's a small connection here to how the men hints out what his job is.

The man says he uses a bailiff too.

Now the job of the bailiff is to maintain order.

Now by the man or demon coming to earth, he said for trying to maintain order because he is collecting Robbo for his sins.

Let's look at the next extract, as we read through, I'd like you just see if you can find any connections to "The Friar's Tale.

? Also, I'd like you to think whether Robbo cares about consequences or not.

Sell his nain for a pint Robbo, pint of bitter for me, robbery, but he got suspended.

So they're playing pool.

A man says he's not a bailiff at all, he's the devil incarnate.

Robbo says, "I was the devil in Cardiff myself last weekend, broke the ASBO, banned from South Wales me, Robbo.

If you'd like to pause the video and continue making some notes, that's fine.

You can do that now in three, two, one.

Are there any connections to "The Friar's Tale?" Absolutely, the man says he's not a bailiff at all, he's the devil incarnate.

What that means is that the man is explaining how he is the embodiment of the devil.

He is the devil that walks the earth in human form.

Here, the connection to "The Friar's Tale" is of course the man who the Summoner meets ends up being a demon.

So therefore we have the confession from the man that he is connected to the devil.

Does Robbo care about consequences? Absolutely not the idea that Robbo would gladly sell his nain for a pint shows that Robbo really does not care.

Robbo doesn't care how he gets something, he just wants it.

And he gladly sell his nain to get something as simple as a pint of beer.

Then Huw Fryer Jones explains to whoever he's talking to possibly a barman that Robbo got sent down for robbery but he got a suspended sentence.

Meaning that Robbo has been punished and has been sentenced for his crime, but he will not have to serve a period in prison unless he commits a further crime.

However, towards the end of this extract, we see some direct speech from Robbo in the italicised text.

He says, "I was the devil in Cardiff." Suggesting that Robbo misheard the demon explaining he is a devil who walks upon the earth.

Robbo says he was the devil in Cardiff last weekend, suggesting that Robbo had misbehaved quite a fair bit, and he broke his ASBO, so broke his Anti-Social Behaviour Audit, which is when the local authorities restrict a person's behaviour, because they think that they are likely to cause harm or distress to the public.

And then Robbo explains how he banned from South Wales.

Suggesting that Robbo does not care about consequences and would rather carry on his criminal lifestyle.

The next extract I'd like you to try and find some connections to "The Friar's Tale." Robbo Owen, which is Robbo's full name.

They shake hands like they're arm wrestling and robbery winks.

Closing time there's a lad in a Lada, won't start.

He's revving it hoarse, cursing it to hell, freezing cold it was.

A Lada is a brand of car.

You can pause the video and continue your notes in three, two, one.

Perfect, so here's our connection to "The Friar's Tale." There's a lad in Lada, won't start, he's revving it hoarse, cursing it to hell.

You would have noticed that the connection is to the farmer whose horse and cart has become stuck in mud and he can't get the pear out and as a result, the farmer is cursing the cart and the horse and his hay to hell.

And this is similar to how Robbo notices a lad in the car park, whose car won't start and he's revving it to try and get it going and he's cursing it to hell.

So here too would be one thing the demon to take away his car.

Perfect if you managed to spot that tiny connection there.

In this next extract, we're going to still look for connections to "The Friar's Tale." Continuing with the car then comes back to life.

"Thank God" says lad and drives off.

"Thank God" says the lad, drives off.

Robbo laughs, if you're the devil, you should have taken the car you div, but the devil says no, he only takes what's his when the curse means business.

If you want to continue notes pause the video in three, two, one.

Excellent, so you should have seen this connection to "The Friar's Tale." If you were the devil, you should have taken the car you div, but the devil says no, he only takes what's his when the curse means business.

Well done if you remembered that the Summoner from "The Friar's Tale," urges the demon to do what the farmer asked, but the demon explains that because the request is not uttered from the hearts that he does not have the power on earth to take away what the farmer wants sent to hell.

From this point Robbo and the demon have walked to the outskirts of town and they stopped at a rundown bungalow.

And the bungalow has walls with peeling paint and has a leaky roof and they knock on the door.

For this extract, again, I would like you to look for any connections you can find to "The Friar's Tale." And this old dear opens up.

"Oh, it's you" tries to slam the door but he pushes through, she says, "I owe nothing, I'm a poor, old woman." But Robbo's got his fake summons.

Non-payment of a fine with interest, "Pay up or pay the price" he says, and the devil's laugh in his overcoat.

If you want to finish writing your notes you can pause the video in three, two, one.

Perfect, so let's look at where we can find connection to "The Friar's Tale." An old dear opens up.

Now, this is extremely similar to in "The Friar's Tale" where the Summoner goes to the house of a rich widow but instead this time we are at poor lady's house.

Huw Fryer Jones explain how Robbo pushes through the door.

Here we see how Robbo like the Summoner, uses his physical strength in order to get what he wants.

He pushes through the door and demands in payments.

And the woman says, "I own nothing, I'm a poor old woman." So here, similarly to the widow, within "The Friar's Tale" the woman is pleading with the Summoner pleading with law in order to make sure she doesn't have to pay this debt.

Then we see a large connection.

So Robbo has his fake summons out.

So his fake document showing that he needs money from this old woman.

This is similar to how the Summoner lies and it says that he has paid a previous debt for the widow.

So both the Robbo and the Summoner are lying in order to get more money in order to get more materials.

By now, we're about partway through the poem itself.

In this extract, I'd like you to look for more connections to "The Friar's Tale." Nothing on the shelf but a teapot full of old coins.

Robbo grabs it, empties the coins on the carpet.

The old woman refuses to pay the debt.

Then she starts speaking in Welsh like, "Repent, or the devil take your soul and the teapot ancient." You can pause the video, do that in three, two, one.

Excellent, so you should have noticed how the old woman also curses Robbo through the devil, ask that Robbo and the teapot to be taken to hell.

Well done if you were able to see how that is a connection to "The Friar's Tale." It connects to "The Friar's Tale" because it's the Summoner for lying about a previous day and she says the devil take you and the frying pan to hell.

Which if you remember, he does.

Which is what we're going to see now.

In this extract, I'd like you to find the final connections to "The Friar's Tale." Robbo tells her where she can put her repentance and the devil bags him and the teapot nonstop to hell, dying for a pint, he is, he'll be back here in less than a month though, bet you a Fiverr, they'll be begging for him to go, get an ASBO from hell Robbo.

If you want to finish making your notes on this extract you can pause the video in three, two, one.

Super job if you were able to notice how Robbo tells the woman where she can put her repentance explaining how the women can forget about any apology she might be expecting from Robbo, he will not be giving her one.

This is similar to how the Summoner in "The Friar's Tale" refuses to apologise for his actions and therefore the devil bags him and the teapot, so bags Robbo and the teapot and flies nonstop to hell.

This is similar to how in "The Friar's Tale" the demon takes the Summoner and the frying pan straight to hell.

Where there is a special place for all Summoners.

I have a feeling there is also a special place for people like Robbo.

You'll notice how the frying pan has now been replaced by a teapot, but both Robbo and the teapot end up in the same destination, end up in hell.

I've really enjoyed reading "The Devil in Cardiff" by Huw Fryer Jones.

It's made me chuckle every single time I have read it.

I have a feeling that that's because of the performance poetry aspects that's included, the way that Agbabi has used dialect, so has put in slang, has made it very easy to read.

And you can imagine a man standing in a pub having this chat with the barman explaining what happened to his friend Robbo.

And probably the barman is looking at Huw Fryer Jones in complete disbelief and is wondering why on earth this man is telling him this tale.

But there we go, we have sent Robbo, the Summoner to hell with his teapot instead of his frying pan.

Now we're going to answer some questions on what we read in those extracts.

I'd like you to answer these questions on your sheets of paper in full sentences.

After I've read for you the questions, you will have time to pause the video so you can write your answers down.

Question one, who is Huw Fryer Jones talking to? Question two, where has Robbo gone? Question three, why does Robbo get taken there? And question four, is Robbo's punishment fair? You can pause the video and ask those questions in three two, one.

Excellent, by now you should have paused the video and you should have answered those questions on your sheets of paper.

Let's go through the answers, but do you remember that your wording might be slightly different to mine, do not worry, that doesn't mean that your answer is incorrect.

Just to use my answers to compare your answers too.

Who is Huw Fryer Jones talking too? In the poem, Huw Fryer Jones is talking to a bartender.

How do we know this? Well we know this because it's very conversational and also because he's ordering some drinks.

Where has Robbo gone? Robbo has gone to hell.

And we know this because Robbo phones Huw Fryer Jones right at the beginning of the poem, explaining where he is.

Why does Robbo get taken there? Robbo gets taken to hell because an elderly woman cursed Robbo to be sent there.

You might have included what actions led to Robbo being sent to hell.

And that's perfectly fine to do that.

Is Robbo's punishment fair? Now this question is completely down to you.

You might believe that Robbo's punishment is fair, you might believe that it's not fair.

You might have felt that Robbo being sent to hell was slightly extreme and that he should have had maybe some more chances before that to change his behaviour.

In my opinion, Robbo's punishment is fair because he should not have been so greedy.

It was extremely cruel to take from a poor elderly woman.

It's fine if you've written something different about his punishment.

Now we're going to look at the moral of the story.

Now we're going to look at the moral of the story the moral of the tale that we just read.

Now remember a moral is a lesson that can be gained from a story or experience.

Let's look at the actions of Robbo.

Robbo steals from the elderly woman.

Now, what we're taught from this is that because of Robbo's greed, Robbo pays the price.

Suggesting that we should not be greedy in life, otherwise too much greed can end up in us paying a price in later.

Robbo informs the demon of all the tricks of his trade.

So all the things that Robbo does in order to gain more money or gain more materials.

The moral of this could be the information is sometimes used against us.

So therefore we should try and not share too much information because one day this might come back to hurt us.

By Robbo informing the demon of the tricks of his trade, this means that demon is fully aware that Robbo is a bad person.

The demon is completely aware of what Robbo does in order to survive.

However, this information is then used against Robbo in order for the demon to take Robbo to hell.

So in order for the demon to complete his job of taking people to hell for doing wrong.

This shows us how information can be used against us.

So therefore it's wise to not share too much information because one day this might come back to hurt us.

Robbo also tells everything to a complete stranger which is worrying because Robbo really should have thought about who he was talking to.

Just as the Summoner was not aware that he was telling all of his information to a demon also.

Therefore, the moral of that situation is to think before you speak.

So that sometimes it's better to keep things to ourselves.

However, the main moral of this story is to not be too greedy.

Robbo tries to use his power in a negative way in order to get what he wants, in order to further himself.

So being too greedy ends up with us one day paying the price for that greed.

Just a final check of what is the moral of this story.

In a moment, you can pause the video and make your selection.

Option one, not to be greedy, selfish actions have consequences.

Option two, share everything with strangers, they will always want to help.

Option three, share everything you think, even if it will hurt others.

Option four, be greedy, take as much as you can.

You can pause the video in three, two, one.

Well done if you correctly identified the moral of this story.

The moral of the story is to not be too greedy.

Our selfish actions can have consequences, well done.

So this is the end of our unit on Telling Tales.

And I'd just like to come back to this quote.

"I would like to thank Geoffrey Chaucer for creating a literary work that defies time and space." And Patience Agbabi says this, right at the end of her collection of telling tales.

And I think she's absolutely correct.

We should thank Geoffrey Chaucer for creating his literary work.

Because it does defy time, it does defy space.

We still use Geoffrey Chaucer's tales even today even though we no longer live within mediaeval England.

And I think it's safe to say that we can now thank Patience Agbabi for creating a literary work that redefines Geoffrey Chaucer's work from mediaeval England.

What a great way for her to revoice and retell Geoffrey Chaucer's original tales with a 21st century twist.

Well done for working so hard in this lesson today, it would be amazing to see some of the work you have completed throughout this unit or in this lesson today.

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