Once upon a time, there lived a family of crows in an old banyan tree at the edge of a forest.       They had lived  there for ages  and were very happy.

However, their happiness was not to last much longer. Along black snake came and made his home in a hole at the bottom of the tree.

When the crows left their nest in search of food, the wicked snake crawled up the tree and ate up the eggs.  Mama Crow had laid.

When the crows returned, they were shocked to find their eggs missing. 
This happened quite a few times and then Mama Crow said,  “Tomorrow, I will stay back and guard my eggs. You must bring some food back for me.”
 
So, the next morning, Mama Crow stayed back. However, the snake still came up.  Mama Crow screamed, “Shoo"

When Papa Crow returned, he found his wife weeping bitterly. “What is it? What happened?” he asked. 
Mama Crow replied, “We must leave our beloved home. There’s a horrible snake who steals our eggs. Even today he took all our eggs!”

The Papa Crow thought for a while and said, “We cannot leave our home. We must chase the snake away instead. Let’s go to Grandma crow. She is wise and will advice us.”  So the Crows flew to a nearby tree where Grandma crow lived.

They told her their sorry tale and said, “Please Grandma, we need your help.”  The Grandma crow thought for a while and said, “I have a plan but you must do exactly as i say for it to work.” 
“We will!” replied the crows eagerly.

“Every morning, the queen and her maids come to the river nearby to bathe. They leave their jewelry on the bank in the care of some servants.  You must steal a necklace and attract the attention of the servants so that they chase you.”  

The next morning, Papa Crow carried out Grandma’s plan. He stole the necklace and dropped it into the snake’s hole.

When the servants tried taking the necklace out of the hole, the snake was disturbed and came out. They were scared and beat the snake to death.

And so, Mama and Papa Crow were rid of their wicked enemy and lived happily ever after.

Sanyapong Wong-ngoen