MDMD & "we begin with a knight" (CT, DY)

[Terrance]

You tell. No, you. Or you. Should the actor begin? Or the
scarecrows, all at cross purposes? Or should we wait until
the eight planets have collected in the sign of Aquarius?
You begin, please. After all it was your dog. But before my
dog, your dog and the dog descended from the dog. One of us
has to begin: You or he or you or I


Thus begins Dog Years, a Fantastic novel by Gunter Grass. Again, I am
reminded of 
Chaucer's CT. Who will tell the tale and why should one narrator, sane
or insane, 
drunk, or criminal, be privileged to tell his/her tale.