The crow and the snake story

Once there lived a crow in a tree in a forest. She lived happily with her babies. She had a neighbour who lived in the hole of another tree not so far from hers. The snake was cunning and greedy -----

Once there lived a crow in a tree in a forest. She lived happily with her babies. She had a neighbour who lived in the hole of another tree not so far from hers. The snake was cunning and greedy.

One day the crow had four young chicks in its nest. Whenever the crow would leave the nest to bring food for its chicks, the snake would climb up and eat one.

In this way, the snake ale up three of the chicks. The crow at last thought of a plan to get rid of its enemy. It stole an expensive necklace of the princess from the Royal Palace and dropped it into the snake's hole after scattering a few rubies here and there.

The king became very angry at the loss and sent out men to look for the necklace. In the course of time, they noticed the scattered rubies near the hole.

They dug the hole, killed the snake and took the necklace. The crow was happy and lived happily on the same tree.