Cedric was a peasant of good heart. but little will. It was a constant struggle to make ends meet in the little one-room hut he shared with his wife Lisbeth.
One afternoon while wandering through the wood he chanced upon a small, rough, figure of a man. While he'd never met a gnome before, he struck up a conversation anyway.
"I'm hungry," said the Gnome.
"Wait here. I'll be back before the sun falls below the trees," replied Cedric. He ran home and took a batch of newly-made bread from Lisbeth. He returned to the wood and gave it to the Gnome.
Said the Gnome, "For your kindness, I will give you these two gold coins."
Cedric returned home to his wife. She was overjoyed that he had finally aspired to bring a gnome the bakin'.
Verum audaces non gerunt indusia alba. - Ipsi dixit MCMLXXII
