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The runaway crow

(Aesop’s Fables)

Translation　ちいさな翻訳屋さん

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　A man caught a crow and he gave it to his child with a leash on its leg.

　But it is irresistible for the crow to be kept by a man.

　So the crow took a chance to escape and he returned to his nest.

　However, the leash on his leg tangled around the tree and he could not fly up to the sky anymore.

　This means he would starve to death.

“For god’s sake! I am out of luck! If I stayed with the man, I would not suffer from shortages of food for the rest of my life.

　But here I am. I am starving to death.”



　The story shows if you act without thinking,

　there is a possibility that you will make matters worse when you are trying to escape from small danger.

The end

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