Panchatantra story The Trick of The Sparrows and the Snake The crow

Once upon a time, there stood a huge peepal banyan tree on the outskirts near of a small village. In this, tree there lived a pair of crows sparrows with their young ones. . And a At the root of the tree, there lived a big black serpent snake in a deep hole. Every time the crows she sparrow laid their her eggs, the serpent snake would crept climb up the tree and ate eat all the eggs and the young ones. With the result, the crows were never able to raise their young ones. This made them the crows very sad. They didn't know how to get rid of the killer serpent. One day, the crows sparrows thought of their friend, Mr. Fox went to a fox. They decided to visit him and ask for his help. The fox was their intimate friend. "Hello dear friends , come in", said the fox Mr. Fox seeing the crows sparrowsat his door, "You two seem to be very sad. What is 's the matter?" Mrs Sparrow with tears in her eyes said, "The root cause of our problem is a blackThere is a serpent snake which lives in our tree. He is after us. He eats up our e,ggs. We dont know what to do. and the young ones. Please help us get rid of this bloody serperit," said the female crow to the fox. The foxMr. Fox too was very shocked to hear this. He promised to help them. sad story. She promised to help the crows. She Mr. Fox thought for a few minutes and and said, then laid out a plan before the crows. "Listen carefully", said the fox, "you know where that the king's palace is situated. You've also seen the queen taking takes bath in an open swimming pool, inside the palace. The queen, while taking bath always removes all her ornaments and keeps them on a tray kept by the side of the pool. While she is busy taking her bath, you two swoop down upon the tray and pick up two diamond ornaments necklaces from it. Drop them into the serpent's snakes hole. The servants of the queen will come chasing you and finding looking for the ornaments necklaces into the serpent's snakes hole, . Tthey will have to first kill the serpent snake to save them from being bitten by it and then will take the ornaments necklaces out of the hole. Thus, the serpent snake will be killed and you too will be saved from all the troubles of killing it by yourself." This was a very bright idea. The crows liked it. Mr and Mrs Sparrow looked at each other and agreed to the plan. They flew to the king's palace. There they saw the queen taking bath in a swimming pool. She had removed her ornaments and kept them in a tray. The crows and swooped took two down upon the tray, picked up two expensive diamond necklaces. from it and They flew towards the snake's hole. The guards guards ran after the crows sparrows. brandishing their sticks and swords. They chased the crows sparrows and soon reached that to the big peepal.banyan tree, .where the big black snake lived. They found the diamond necklaces, lying inside the serpent's snakes hole. Afraid of the snake, they first killed the snake by sticks and swords and then took out the ornaments necklaces and returned to the palace. The crows thanked the fox for his help and lived happily in the peepal tree, thereafter.Thereafter, the sparrows lived happily.