This week’s puzzle:

Two entertainers go on a journey and find themselves under attack by people who want to kill them to prevent them from talking. When a group of their fans go to see them at a show, the situation rapidly gets out of hand, but one person’s sacrifice allows them to get away alive.

Last week’s puzzle:

A merchant who sets himself apart from others by telling the truth loses a bet because of an amateur artisan’s fortitude. After realizing that vocabulary issues have been holding him back, he writes his name, reads a letter, crosses a line, and goes to the beach.

And the answer is . . . ▼

Last week’s bonus puzzle:

A man requests help from someone he would not normally ask and has the police called to arrest him. He does it a second time and gets punched in the face. When he does it a third time, he gets back something he lost because of the second time he asked.

And the answer is . . . ▼