Once upon a time there lived on a large farm a crow, a water-rat, an owl, a frog, and a weasel. Large as the farm was, with its meadows, its fields, and many acres of woodland, it would seem as if these little animals might have lived in harmony, without encroaching on one another’s domains. Such was not the case, however; and indeed it is a well-known fact that the more one has the more one wants, and that there are some who wish to possess the earth. This is how the quarrel began. The water-rat, who lived on the edge of the brook, claimed the right to a cornfield near by, which the crow had always considered his own. The quarrel ended in a fierce fight which lasted many hours, neither bei…
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