To save my life from the farmer’s wife!”
“No, no,” said the queen. “I never coax the king to do anything against his will.”
So the crow was very angry and he flew and flew until he met a snake, and he said to the snake:
“Caw, caw! Snake, Snake! 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!”
“Hiss-ss! Hiss-ss!” hissed the snake. “I will not bite the queen.”