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69.The Cock and the Jewel
A COCK, scratching for food for himself and his hens, found a precious stone and exclaimed:
“If your owner had found you, and not I, he would have taken you up and set you where you were placed before; but I have found you for no good reason. Someone like me would rather have one barleycorn than all the jewels in the world.”
❖ Any isolated country cook might also exclaim these and similar things.