Communication Problems in the Middle Ages

In the Middle Ages, I had not yet learned how to ride a bicycle.And so I was sad, as anyone would be who had to walk everywhere.I'd see the other kids tooling off in packs down the street,off to adventures like smoking and kissing girlsand telling dirty stories or breaking windows,and I'd have to stay stuck in the mud in my front yard.In the Middle Ages, most people were stuck in the mudand they never got clean unless it rainedwhile they were carrying rocks or digging for roots in a ditchor else someone threw them into a river.Sometimes they threw people into ponds to see if they were a witch.Everyone knows this. It's not news anymore.Everyone also knows the joke about if they drownedthey were a witch and if they floated they dragged them back outand burned them at the stake as a witch. That's not even funny anymore.And it wasn't back in the Middle Ages either. I saw one or two peopleget burned at the stake. I thought about trying to put out the fire,but I'd only have been grounded and sent to my room without dessert.In the Middle Ages this was known as trial by Jell-O.I also saw more than one or two people drown in the pond.They probably thought it was a better way to gothan being tied to a pole and set fire to. Either way,they knew it was all over as soon as someone grabbed hold of them.In the Middle Ages, my mom used to grab my faceto stop me from talking when I was talking too muchand wouldn't shut up. When I'd stopped, she'd let go—giving my mouth an extra last twist just to make sureI'd gotten the message.