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179.The Bodhisatta And The Greedy Crow

Once upon a time, when Brahmadatta was king of Benares, a greedy Crow was not content with the food and corpses of animals in Benares. Thinking that plenty of food is available in forest, he went to the forest; but neither was he satisfied with the wild fruits that he found there, and proceeded to the Ganges. As he passed along the bank of the Ganges, seeing a pair of Ruddy Geese, he thought, “here, birds are very beautiful; I suppose they find plenty of meat to eat on this Ganges bank. I will question them, and if I too can eat their food doubtless I shall have a fine colour like them.”