A pair of crows had made their nest on a big tree. Each time the mother crow laid eggs and hatched them, a cruel snake that lived at the hollow at the bottom of the tree trunk would come out. Then, he would eat up the young ones. The crow couple felt sad at the loss of their young ones.One day the mother crow saw the snakeapproaching her nest. She cawed loudly for help asshe saw the snake nearing her young ones. She triedto chase away the snake, but all was in vain. The snakeate up all the young crows and the unhatched eggs.The mother crow mourned for this great loss. She criedher heart out. The other crows joined her sorrow.An old and wise crow thought deeply and replied,"Don't worry, I have a plan. Tomorrow many ladies fromthe royal family will come to the river for a dip. They willkeep all their precious jewelry and clothes asidebefore they get into the river for a swim. Theirbelongings would be watched from a distance by some royal guards. When you get a chance, you must pick a piece of precious jewelry and fly off. The othersshould make a lot of noise to attract attention of theguards. Once you are noticed flying away with thejewellery, you should quickly fly to the tree and drop theprecious jewelry in the snake's hollow. They will try toreclaim the precious jewelry from the snake's hollow.Thus the snake would surely die at their hands"The crows agreed to the plan and the nextmorning mother crow flew to river. She saw someladies swimming in the river and their jewelry lyingaside.The mother crow did as the old crow had advised,and all the plans succeeded. She dropped the jewellery in the snake hollow. The guards beat the cruel snake with their spears until he died and retrieved thenecklace from the hollow.The crow couple was overjoyed at the snake'sdeath. They thanked the old crow profusely. There wasno one to disturb their happy life from then on.
