The Miller's VictoryChaucer's The Canterbury Tales was originally a plot involving thirty people, which later became thirty-one. Is Dirty Reading a good story? A morally sound story is one that is clean, has an easily discoverable moral, and a moral that teaches a good lesson. The Miller's Tale is a great story to tell, this story is not morally sound, it's funny and fits The Host's personality. This story is not morally sound. First of all Miller and his wife Alison are very different in age, young and old don't mix well. The Miller keeps her on a tight leash, because she is young and beautiful. He is afraid that she will cheat on him. In fact, he does it with a student and guest in their house, Nicholas. At first she is totally against sleeping with him. “He made a grab, grabbed her by the joint and said, 'If I don't do what I want with you, I'll die of secret love, - Oh, darling, do it!'…” (Page 91). She threatens that she will ask for help, but soon agrees to sleep with him, and the relationship is over...