George and the Dragon

[Rapunzel]

An 18th-century vagabond in England,

exhausted and famished,

came to a roadside inn with a sign reading,

“George and the Dragon.”

He knocked.

The innkeeper’s wife stuck her head out of a window

“Could ye spare some victuals?” he asked.

The woman glanced at his shabby, dirty clothes.

“No!” she shouted

“Could I have a pint of ale?”

“No!” she shouted

“Could I at least sleep in your stable?”

“No!” she shouted again.

The vagabond said,

“Might I please…”

“What now?” the woman screeched,

not allowing him to finish

“D’ye suppose,” he asked,

“that I might have a word with George?”

 

[Evil Eye]

Clever.