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In the former time,
the city of Benares
had a tradition of
hanging the grass-made basket in the area of the residence for birds to build its nest.
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| A pigeon lived in the basket hanging in front of a kitchen. It flew out finding for food in the morning and came back to sleep in the evening. One day, a crow flew pass the kitchen, it smelt the aroma of freshly made food wafting through the air. |
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The crow felt like to taste the food made from the kitchen. It fluttered down to stand on a branch of a tree, thinking of a ploy to enter the kitchen and eat the food. |
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| Then seeing the pigeon living in the basket hung at the front side of the kitchen, the crow got an idea. It immediately schemed to use the pigeon to pave its way. |
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| The next morning when the pigeon flew out for food, the crow went after it. |
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| After flying for a while, the pigeon sensed that a crow has been going after him. The pigeon,so, turned to ask the crow the reason of following along. |
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| The pigeon felt suspicious about the crows response so he questioned the crow further. But the crow had all the ready answers. |
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| Hearing the crow insisting so, the pigeon didnt further argue. However, the pigeon could not help feeling dubious about the crows proposal. He, therefore, instructed the crow that
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| That evening, the crow returned to the meeting point a bit earlier than the pigeon. He, then, pretended remonstrating about the pigeons late coming. |
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| Then the pigeon flew directly into the kitchen followed by the crow. The chef, seeing the crow coming with the pigeon, thought the crow could be trusted and welcomed; so he hung another basket for the new comer. |
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| From that day onward, both the pigeon and the crow went out together in the morning and came back in the evening every day. |
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