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She immediately thought of a plan. She flew back to the nests and met the
queen bird and told her, “O Queen! not far away from this place, I saw a village

road strewn with fresh grains.” She told the queen about the carts that are

carrying the grains from the fields to the market.

“But, I must warn that it is very dangerous to fly down on

the road to peck at the grains as there are plenty of carts on
the road.” She con nued.

“It is very likely that any bird which tries

to pick the grains may get crushed under

the wheels of the cart. Hence, my
sugges on would be that no bird

should go in that direc on.”

The queen thought that the young
bird was talking sense. She called up

all the birds and warned them not to

go in the direc on of the village.

The young bird was very happy to see this. All the food on the village road

now belonged to her. She was confident that she would face no danger from the

carts. She would watch for the carts and move aside whenever she would see an
oncoming cart. Her young age and agility would help her in this.

Everyday, the young bird would secretly fly in the direc on of the village and

enjoy the fresh food grains alone. She did not have to work hard in search of
food now and had plenty to eat without much effort. Soon, the young bird

become very fat as she didn’t have to fly much. She also lost her agility.

One day while the bird was busy pecking, she did not no ce an oncoming
cart. While she was busy pecking at the grains, the bullock cart crushed her

under its wheels. The greedy bird lay dead on the village road.

We should never be greedy in our life.

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