BasedononeofthemajorliterarytextssurvivedfromtheMiddleKingdom,theclassicalperiodofEgyptianliterature,TheEloquentPeasantisacombinationofamoralityfolktaleandapoem.Theeventsaresetbetween2160and2025BC.WhenthepeasantKhun-anupandhisdonkeystumbleuponthelandsofthenobleRensi,thepeasant’sgoodsareconfiscatedandhe’sunjustlyaccusedoftheft.ThepeasantpetitionsRensiwhoissotakenbythepeasant’seloquencethathereporthisastonishingdiscoverytotheking.Thekingrealisesthepeasanthasbeenwrongedbutdelaysjudgementsoastohecanhearmoreofhiseloquence.Thepeasantmakesatotalofninepetitionsuntilfinally,hisgoodsarereturned.
