I only read: The "General Prologue", the "Miller's Tale", the "Reeve's Tale", the "Pardoner's Tale", the "Wife of Bath's Tale", the "Merchant's Tale", and the "Nun's Priest's Tale". Some of the stories were funny and others were just weird.
1) ''When in April the sweet showers fall And pierce the drought of March to the root, and all The veins are bathed in liquor of such power As brings about the engendering of the flower, When also Zephyrus with his sweet breath Exhales an air in every grove and heath Upon the tender shoots, and the young sun His half-course in the sign of the Ram has run, And the small fowl are making melody That sleep away the night with open eye (So nature pricks them and their heart engages) Then people long to go on pilgrimages And palmers long to seek the stranger strands Of far-off saints, hallowed in sundry lands, And specially, from every shire's end Of England, down to Canterbury they wend To seek the holy blissful martyr, quick To give his help to them when they were sick.''
2) ''This lad was known as …
1) ''When in April the sweet showers fall And pierce the drought of March to the root, and all The veins are bathed in liquor of such power As brings about the engendering of the flower, When also Zephyrus with his sweet breath Exhales an air in every grove and heath Upon the tender shoots, and the young sun His half-course in the sign of the Ram has run, And the small fowl are making melody That sleep away the night with open eye (So nature pricks them and their heart engages) Then people long to go on pilgrimages And palmers long to seek the stranger strands Of far-off saints, hallowed in sundry lands, And specially, from every shire's end Of England, down to Canterbury they wend To seek the holy blissful martyr, quick To give his help to them when they were sick.''
2) ''This lad was known as Nicholas the Gallant And making love in secret was his talent, For he was very close and sly, and took Advantage of his meek and girlish look. He rented a small chamber in the kip All by himself without companionship. He decked it charmingly with herbs and fruit And he himself was sweeter than the root Of liquorice, or any fragrant herb. His astronomic text-books were superb.''