 Three friars were banished
from their monastery for strange behavior and
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 women 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 friars 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.
Well, a couple weeks later,
another woman was walking through the friars 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 dandelion 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 s aid, "Get out of
town, now!". The friars immediately packed up all
their belongings and stupid plants 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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