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Why the Hawk Carries Off Chickens
Why the Hawk Carries Off Chickens
Once the Sun said to the Hawk, "I need some money. Please give me
some. I shall give it back to you very soon."
The Hawk gave some money to the Sun. A week passed, a month
passed, but the Sun did not give back the money. At last the Hawk
decided to go to the Sun and ask for his money. He went to the Sun when
he was high up in the sky.
"Do you remember that you must give me back my money?" he said to
the Sun.
The Sun answered, "Yes, I do, but I am in the sky now, and the money is
at home. Please come when I am at home, and I shall give the money
back."
"All right," said the Hawk.
He decided to go the next morning. But the next morning he was too later:
the Sun was already in the sky.
The Hawk went to the Sun's house another time, and again the Sun was
not at home. He went many times, but he never found the Sun at home.
One day on his way to the Sun the Hawk met his friend, the Cock.
"Why do you go to the Sun every day?" the Cock asked.
"I gave him some money a long time ago, and I cannot get it back! The
Sun says that when he is in the sky, he cannot go home to get the money.
And I can never find him at home."
"I can help you," the Cock said. "You stay the night with me, I always get
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