Common Lit.

Lo, such it is not to be on your guard
Against the flatterers of the world, or yard,
And if you think my story is absurd,
A foolish trifle of a beast and bird,
A fable of a fox, a cock, a hen,
Take hold upon the moral, gentlemen.

The Canterbury Tale: The Nun’s Priest Tale, Geoffrey Chaucer, page 231.

The Nun Priest finally tells, us the readers, the true meaning behind his story, which is not be tricked by flattery because it never ends well. This is very true on many levels because there are plenty of time where a person is who they seem to be and become more trouble than necessary. The Nun Priest does a great job that showing that this story about animals can hold true to people and that we should be weary of flatters. Chantecleer got himself into a lot of trouble by believing that the fox just wanted to hear his voice, but learned from his mistake by flattering the fox back. This shows that trickery can work in two ways and hard to resist.