Three friars were banished from their monastery for various rule
violations, so they decided to start a business together. They traveled around
until they found a town that they liked and opened up a plant shop. Their
floral business was soon thriving.
One day, a woman was shopping at the friar's store and while she was
strolling down an aisle with her toddler, a large plant reached out, grabbed
the child and ate it. Needless to say, the woman was quite upset at the loss of
her child.
However, the friars refused to believe that one of their plants could
have done such a thing. The woman told all of her friends about the incident,
and soon everyone in the town was in an uproar. They decided to kick the friars
out of town.
Every person in the town, except
for a man named Hugh, gathered outside of the friar’s shop, shouting, waving
sticks, and demanding that they leave. But the friars said "No. We're not
leaving". So the townspeople gave up and went home.
A couple weeks later, another woman was walking through the friar's shop,
looking at plants with her baby, when a plant grabbed her child and ate it. She
ran through the streets screaming that a plant had swallowed her baby.
The townspeople were outraged, and again gathered outside the floral shop
(except for Hugh), waving torches, and demanding that the friars leave town at
once. But the friars said, "No way." and all the people gave up and
went home.
A few days later, yet another woman dared to take her child into the
floral shop. She held her infant tightly in her arms, but it was no use. A
large ficus wrestled the child from her arms, and ate it.
When the townspeople heard of this, they were extremely upset. They again
gathered outside the friar's store (except for Hugh), yelling and threatening
bodily harm to the friars if they didn't leave town. But the friars said,
"We're staying". So, the citizens gave up and began to go home.
Just then, Hugh showed up. He walked up to the friars, and said,
"Get out of town, now!" The friars immediately packed up all their
belongings and fled that very day, never to be heard from again.
The moral of this story is: Only Hugh can prevent florist friars.
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