So the crow flew to a stick and said:
“Caw, caw! Stick, Stick! Beat snake!
Snake won’t bite queen;
Queen won’t coax king;
King won’t kill man;
Man won’t cut tree;
I can’t get the grain of corn
To save my life from the farmer’s wife!”
But the stick refused to beat the snake.
So the crow flew on until he saw the fire, and said: