Sheriff of Nottingham :
Come in!

Peasant :
Good morning sheriff . I am here to pay my taxes.

Sheriff of Nottingham :
To pay your taxes! Good!Good!
What taxes do you want to pay?

Peasant :
What taxes do I have to pay?

Sheriff of Nottingham :
What taxes?what taxes?
Let me see. A house. Do you have a house?

Peasant : Yes

Sheriff of Nottingham :
Well, you have to pay you house tax.

Peasant :
And how much is house tax?

Sheriff of Nottingham :
One gold piece.

Peasant :
One gold piece! It's a very small house!

Sheriff of Nottingham :
It doesn't matter. You have a house. House tax is one gold piece!

Peasant :
One gold piece.

Sheriff of Nottingham :
One gold piece. Lovely!

Now, do you have a girlfriend?

Peasant :
Me? Girlfriend? No!

Sheriff of Nottingham :
Hmm. Children?

Peasant :
No!

Sheriff of Nottingham :
No children. We're no doing very well, are we?

What about a telephone? Do you have a telephone?

Peasant :
Errr...(telephone rings) Hello?... I don't know, I don't know, I don't know.

Sheriff of Nottingham :
Who was that?

Peasant : I don't know.

Sheriff of Nottingham :
That is a telephone!. Telephone tax is two gold pieces!

Peasant : Here! One.. Two gold pieces!

Sheriff of Nottingham :
Lovely!( a dog barks). What was that?

Peasant :
I am sorry. I have a cold.

Sheriff of Nottingham :
Do you have a dog?

Peasant : A dog?

Sheriff of Nottingham :
Yes a dog. Do you have a dog?

Peasant :
A Dog. No. I don't have a dog. No , no dog. Definitely not.

Sheriff of Nottingham :
Then , what's that?

Peasant :
Oh! That dog.

Sheriff of Nottingham : Name?

Peasant : Nigel.

Sheriff of Nottingham : Nigel the dog?

Peasant : No. My name's Nigel. That's Muffy.

Sheriff of Nottingham : Muffy the dog?

Peasant : That's right.

Sheriff of Nottingham :
A dog is three gold pieces!

Peasant :Three gold pieces! Here, that's it.

That's all my money. I have no more money.

Sheriff of Nottingham :
Thank you. Goodbye.

Peasant :
Could I have my dog, please?I have paid my dog tax.

Sheriff of Nottingham :
Very well. Here you are.

Peasant :
Thank you very much. Goodbye!