Cruise to Nowhere Tales -- The Soldier's Tale

THE SOLDIER'S TALE A MODERN ADAPTATION OF THE KNIGHT'S TALE FROM CHAUCER'S CANTERBURY TALES Once two friends were sitting at a bar, Thinking there was nothing that could mar Their friendship or engender enmity. But they were wrong, as shortly you will see. These two were both fine soldiers, none was better, And both could follow orders to the letter, Even into rivers of hot lead. One was Tod, the other one was Ted. They were childhood friends from a small town, And on the day they doffed their cap and gown, Both enlisted, neither would say nay, For if one went, the other would not stay. Together in Iraq they served a tour,