To save my life from the farmer’s wife!”
But the ox refused to drink the water.
So the crow flew and flew until he met a rope and said:
“Caw, caw! Rope, Rope! Bind ox;
Ox won’t drink water;
Water won’t quench fire;
Fire won’t burn stick;
Stick won’t beat snake;
Snake won’t bite queen;
Queen won’t coax king;