. Tales of the Punjab : told by the people . Copyright 1894 by Macmillan &1 THE GRAIN OF CORN ONCE upon a time a farmers wife was winnowingcorn, when a crow, flying past, swooped off with agrain from the winnowing basket and perched on atree close by to eat it. The farmers wife, greatlyenraged, flung a clod at the bird with so good anaim that the crow fell to the ground, dropping thegrain of corn, which rolled into a crack in the farmers wife, seeing the crow fall, ran up to it,and seizing it by the tail, cried, Give me back mygrain of corn, or I will kill you ! The wretched bird
. Tales of the Punjab : told by the people . Copyright 1894 by Macmillan &1 THE GRAIN OF CORN ONCE upon a time a farmers wife was winnowingcorn, when a crow, flying past, swooped off with agrain from the winnowing basket and perched on atree close by to eat it. The farmers wife, greatlyenraged, flung a clod at the bird with so good anaim that the crow fell to the ground, dropping thegrain of corn, which rolled into a crack in the farmers wife, seeing the crow fall, ran up to it,and seizing it by the tail, cried, Give me back mygrain of corn, or I will kill you ! The wretched bird, in fear of death, promised todo so, but, lo and behold ! when he came to searchfor the grain, it had rolled so far into the crack thatneither by beak nor claw could he reach it. So he flew off to a \voodman, and said— Man ! man ! cut tree ;I cant get the grain of cornTo save my life from the farmers wife ! But the woodman refused to cut the tree ; so thecrow flew on to the Kings palace, and said— King ! king ! kill man ;Man wont cut tree ; THE GRAIN OF CORN 199 I cant g
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