Once
there was a lark singing in the forest. A farmer came by with a box full of
worms.
The
lark stopped him and asked, “What do you have in the box and where are you
going?”
The
farmer replied that he had worms and that he was going to the market to trade
them for some feathers.
The
lark said, “I have many feathers. I will pluck one and give it to you and that
will save me looking for worms.”
The
farmer gave the worms to the lark and the lark plucked a feather and gave it in
return.
The
next day the same thing happened and the day after and on and on until a day
came that the lark had no more feathers. Now it could no longer fly to go
hunting for worms. It started looking ugly and stopped singing and very soon it
died.
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