The cooks story: The cook was a party animal. He had a dark complexion with dark hair and was known for his great dancing as well as his overall gluttony. He worked for a wealthy man but took from him what was not rightfully his, so after a while he was kicked out by his host and found a friend who enjoyed sinful pleasures like the cook, and had a wife simply for respectable appearances.
1. The cook was probably very limber due to his skills of the dance. He may have long fingers as well due to his skill with the guitar. We can also infer the cook may have a portly stomach from the liquor he consumes at his favorite tavern. Chaucer also implies he isn't the most morally clean of characters, he may have unsavory habits due to his lifestyle.
2. The cook's story is an enigma, it ends on such a random note you can either figure Chaucer got bored with the idea of a dancing king and made him into a drunk, OR you can figure he set up his persona to show the slip of the human condition after one looses a central point where one can attach their morals. (like an anchor) Further, he introduces the cook into another story as a drunk who fell of his horse, this could be why he decided to discontinue the cooks tale.
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