"The Friar's Tale" is a story from Geoffrey Chaucer's collection, The Canterbury Tales. It follows a friar who encounters a summoner, a church official responsible for bringing sinners to court. The friar and summoner form an uneasy alliance, each trying to outsmart the other for personal gain. As the tale unfolds, the summoner reveals his corrupt nature, using his position to extort money from the poor. In a twist of fate, the friar ultimately exposes the summoner's deceitful ways, leading to a moral lesson about the consequences of greed and dishonesty in society.