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1. The Reeve's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer tells the story of a miller named Simpkin who steals from two students, Alan and John. 2. To get revenge, Alan and John devise a trick where Alan sleeps with the miller's daughter while John moves the baby's cradle, tricking the miller's wife into sleeping with him instead of her husband. 3. The next morning, chaos ensues as the miller discovers he has been cuckolded and beats his wife in anger, who mistakes him for Alan in the dark and beats him with a stick.
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