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The Pardoner Tale
The tale I liked was the pardoner. I liked this tale because it was interesting. It was interesting because the three men wanted to split the gold. One of the men were stabbed. The pardoner is greedy.

In this tale I learned that being greedy is wrong. The three men were sitting at a bar. One man is poisoned from a drink. The pardoner has long hair. All the men died.
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