39.--The Monkey and the Crows

Told by SARIJU PRASÁD, teacher of the school at Subhikha,

Bahraich district, Oudh.

Crows build nests in a cotton-tree (_semal_)--In the rains a Monkey

arrives soaking--Said the Crows, "We build nests with only a beak: can

you not make a better with two hands and two feet?" "Wait till

morning"--Then he tears down their nests--"Good advice given to a fool

only kindles his malice."

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