{"date":"December 2","id":"12-02","intro":["Attacked in fun by two masked knights, Sir Galahad smote one so that both horse and rider went down. Turning on the other jester, he slashed open his helmet."],"minutes":15,"readings":[{"author":"Sir Thomas Malory","end":134,"start":128,"volume":35,"work":"The Holy Grail"}],"slug":"december-2","status":"proofread","title":"Practical Jokes in King Arthur’s Day","url":"/harvard-classics/december-2/","words":2904}