Aesop: The Cock and the Jewel

Author: NekoNiku

Date: February 21, 2001

by NekoNiku
2-21-01
A COCK, scratching for food for himself and his hens...
It's a full-time job, let me tell you!
...found a precious stone and exclaimed:
If your owner had found thee, and not I, he would have taken thee up and have set thee in thy first estate; but I have found thee for no purpose.
I would rather have one barleycorn than all the jewels in the world.
Ma dropped a rhinestone off her blouse! Y'all ain't seen it, have you?