MORE: Interview with the Mayor and the Marshal - what they think may become of the Idiot.

Today the village idiot went into the village bakery and asked for a loaf of bread.  After boxing him on the ears a few times, the baker brought the Idiot his bread, saying, "That'll be four dollars."  The Village Idiot only had three dollars so the baker hit him on the nose, separating cartilage from bone, and said, "Come back when you have enough money you stupid idiot."  By now several Villagers had come into the bakery to see why the Village Idiot kept crying out in pain.  "That's stupid," said the Idiot.  "Money's stupid!  It's just made up.  The Fed just makes it up.  And anyway you only charge everyone else TWO dollars for bread!"  "There are consequences for being stupid!" shouted the Baker.  “And UGLY!” shouted the angry onlookers.

 

At this point everyone in the bakery jumped on the Village Idiot and beat him senseless, knocking out three of his teeth and breaking his left shin bone.  At last the Village Marshal came and broke up the fight.  After hearing what had led to the brutal beating of the Village Idiot, the Marshal fished the Idiot's three dollars out of his bloody pocket, awarding it to the Baker for damages, then dragged the Idiot to jail where he awaits trail.  Pete the Veterinarian was called in to stitch up the Idiot and set his broken leg.  Pete gave the Idiot a supply of cotton to sop up the blood from his mouth and nose, both of which still bled profusely at the time of Pete's departure.

The Village Marshal told a source that the Idiot's trial will begin in six months, if all goes well.

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