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- One of the fables within the Panchatantra is a story about a crow and a raven that illustrates the moral lesson that the weak can overcome the strong if they are clever. The story is about a crow that builds his next in a banyan tree. The crow and his wife then lay eggs, but a black serpent that lives nearby eats the baby birds before they are capable of flight. The crow wants to get rid of the serpent and asks a hyena for advice. The hyena advises that the crow go to the river, where the rich people bathe, and steal some of their jewelry, then drop that jewelry where the snake lives. The crow follows this advice, and the rich people kill the snake while trying to get back the necklace that the crow stole.
- I like this story, but I want to make it entirely the crow's idea. Crows are extremely intelligent. So, there's no reason that a crow would need the help of a hyena to come up with a sneaky plan. I will probably make the jewel that the crow steals something more than just a necklace. A necklace is easy to write off. Perhaps it is the king and the queen who are bathing in the river and the crow steals the king's crown. That's something that wouldn't be overlooked.
- In the original story, the crow's wife wants to just run away and leave the banyan tree to the serpent. She is afraid and doesn't want to risk something else terrible happening. I think I would prefer that she support the idea of tricking the serpent and getting him killed. The serpent did eat her children. That's likely to inspire feelings of vengeance. Crows can be quite vindictive.
Bibliography: The Panchatantra by Krishna Dharma. Web source.
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