BasedononeofthemajorliterarytextssurvivedfromtheMiddleKingdom,theclassicalperiodofEgyptianliterature,TheEloquentPeasantisacombinationofamorality/folktaleandapoemTheeventsaresetbetween2160and2025BCWhenthepeasantKhunanupandhisdonkeystumbleuponthelandsofthenobleRensi,thepeasant’sgoodsareconfiscatedandhe’sunjustlyaccusedoftheftThepeasantpetitionsRensiwhoissotakenbythepeasant’seloquencethathereporthisastonishingdiscoverytothekingThekingrealisesthepeasanthasbeenwrongedbutdelaysjudgementsoastohecanhearmoreofhiseloquenceThepeasantmakesatotalofninepetitionsuntilfinally,hisgoodsarereturned