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42. THE ENMITY BETWEEN CROWS AND OWLS

Once upon a time, all the birds, the swans, the parrots, cranes, cuckoos, nightingales, owls, peacocks, doves, partridges and the rest of them, had a meeting. They began to hold a discussion with great vehemence.

‘Garuda, the king of the birds, is our king, ‘they said, ‘but he is so busy serving his master that he doesn’t bother about us.

What is the point of having a master who is just a namesake! He never helps us out of the traps set by hunters.”