{"id":520,"date":"2020-12-26T22:07:33","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T16:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetoad.in\/?p=520"},"modified":"2020-12-26T22:07:33","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T16:37:33","slug":"two-ravens-the-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetoad.in\/index.php\/2020\/12\/26\/two-ravens-the-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Ravens & The One"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a cold November day and the air was hazy. The sun was a dull orange, allowing anyone to stare at it without having to blink.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

On a leafless tree, a raven was working hard to crack open a nut. It wasn\u2019t an ordinary nut though.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Green on the outside with a red outline, the nut did not belong to the tree. The raven, which lived on the tree, had picked it from a far-away forest and had brought it home to see if it tasted as good as it looked. But it was a hard nut to crack.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The raven held it in his beak and smashed it against the tree trunk, but without any luck.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The tree was home to two more ravens, who were friends and easy-going. Seeing the raven work so hard on the nut, they both laughed at him.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou are a fool that you are working so hard on this nut,\u201d they told the raven.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have so many nuts underneath this tree. We will just eat them and have fun.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And, they had fun all the time. They rested on the tree and did nothing, but they did not give up criticising the raven with the nut.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Many hours passed, but the raven did not give up. He kept trying to break open the nut.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Tired after having to do nothing, the two idle ravens decided to take a nap. As they were asleep, a hungry vulture suddenly landed on the tree. Seeing the three ravens, his mouth watered.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He grabbed the two sleeping ravens in his long claws and was about to attack the third one.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPlease do not eat me. I have something more delicious for you,\u201d said the raven with the nut.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat can be more delicious than you and your friends?\u201d the vulture asked.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The raven handed the vulture his nut, which he had already cracked open.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI bet this is the most delicious thing in the world. If I am proven wrong, you can eat the three of us. But if I am proven right, you will have to let us go,\u201d said the raven.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The vulture agreed. He took the nut and tasted it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It was indeed the most delicious thing. Having lost his appetite for the birds, he let them go and flew away.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHad I not worked so hard on the nut, we would have been dead today,\u201d the raven told the other two.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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