human
Write a detailed description of a patriotic scene outside a town fairground with a barrier, lances, and a mangled silver spur.
assistant
The road from the southeast widens and is scattered with straw, the soft ground trampled with countless hooves and boots. Squires laden with lances stand ready at an opening in a pennant-festooned, wooden barrier separating the viewing stands from the competition. Hanging from a badly painted sign, a mangled silver spur glints in the sunlight.