Summary of the Nun's Priest Tale from the Canterbury Tales

“The Nun’s Priest’s Tale” The tale told by the Nun’s Priest is a fable or story with animals as the main characters and usually ends with a moral of some sort. This tale takes place on the farm of and old, poor widow. All that she posses can be summed up in a few lines. It is among her possessions that we find the rooster Chanticleer, who’s crowing is more precise …showed first 75 words of 531 total…

…showed last 75 words of 531 total…taunt his pursuers. The moment that he opens his mouth, Chanticleer escapes and flies into the trees. The moral to this fable is to not believe everything that is said to you. This exemplifies the character of the Nun’s Priest. He is a cunning man who will use any means possible to get something that he desires. And if caught, he will use the same skill of speech to rid himself of the problem.