STORY - THE EVIL SNAKE
Moral story - The evil snake
There was a very
old banyan tree in a forest. A pair of crows had its nest on it. An evil snake
had made the hollow in the trunk of that tree its home.
Every spring hen-crow laid her eggs in
the nest. And every time the evil snake would creep up to the nest and eat the
eggs, when the crows were away. Once the crows found food early and returned
just when the snake was leaving the nest, having eaten the eggs.
Now they knew what had been happening to their eggs. The crow said to
his wife, “Do not lose heart, dear. Now we know the enemy. We can think of a
solution.”
The Crow gave a lot of thought to it and built a new nest, far above the
old one, near the top of the tree. The crow reasoned, “Our eggs will be safe
here near the top. The kites and eggless keep hovering above in the sky. Thy
are enemies of snakes. That evil snake will not dare to come up here.”
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The hen-crow also agreed. She laid her eggs in their new nest. Nothing
happened. Tiny chicks came out when the eggs were hatched.
Meanwhile, finding the old nest empty the snake thought that the crows
had flown away. But it kept a watch. The snake noticed that the crow pair flew
from and flew back to the same tree. It did not take him long to guess that the
crows had a new nest built higher above. One day, the snake crept up and found
the new nest.
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There were three chicks in the nest. The evil snake gobbled them up one
by one. Then he went back and burped, pleased with the tasty meal.
The
crows were shocked to find their nest empty. There were tender chick feathers
strewn all around and the nest looked ruffled. They at once knew that the evil
snake had done it again. The hen crow started wailing, “Shall my babies always
become food of that cruel snake?” She cried.
The crow consoled, “No, certainly the problem is serious. But we should
not run away. We must seek help of friends. Let us consult our good friend Miss Fox.”
Miss Fox heard their tale of woes. She asked her friends not to lose
heart. After some thinking Miss Fox said, “Friends, you need not leave that
tree for fear of the cruel snake. I have a plan that can bring death to the
enemy.”
The clever Miss Fox told them the plan she had thought of. The crows
jumped with joy because the plane was very good. They thanked Miss Fox. The
plan was to be put to action the very next day.
There was a small lake in that forest. The lotus and lily flowers
blossomed on its clear water. Each Tuesday, a princess used to come to that
lake with her friends to swim and to play water games. Soldiers accompanied
her.
This time also, she arrived.
The princes and her friends began swimming. The crow flew in their as
per plan. There were heaps of clothes of the princess and her friends on the
bank of the lake. On the top of the clothes of the princess was her lovely and
precious pearl necklace.
To attract attention of the bathing beauties the crow crowed, “Caw –Caw!”
When they looked up, the
crow picked up the necklace of the
princess and rose up in the air.
The princess cried, “Oh my necklace!”
Her friends shouted, “Look, Look! That crow is stealing away the precious
necklace of the princess!”
The soldiers heard the cries and glanced up. A crow was slowly flying
away with the necklace.
The soldiers heard the cries and glanced up. A crow was slowly flying
away with the necklace.
The soldiers ran. The crow cleverly led the soldiers towards the tree it
lived on. When the soldiers were a little distance away, the crow dropped the necklace.
The necklace fell into the hollow of the tree where the evil snake lived.
The leader of the soldiers peeped into the hollow. There, he saw the
necklace and big evil looking snake coiled up. He warned, “Stay back! There is
a snake inside.”
The leader hit the snake with his spear. The snake
was hurt. It came out hissing angrily. The soldier were ready. They cut the
snake into pieces with their swords and spears.
Nice story . I had read this story in my schoo time. Teaches secred things
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