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Indian Fairy Tales: The Pigeon and the Crow

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NCE upon a time the Bodhisatta was a Pigeon, and lived in a nest-basket which a rich man's cook had hung up in the kitchen, in order to earn merit by it. A greedy Crow, flying near, saw all sorts of delicate food lying about in the kitchen, and fell a-hungering after it. "How in the world can I get some?" thought he.

Indian Fairy Tales: The Pigeon and the Crow

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