The Cock and the Jewel
A COCK, scratching for food for himself and
his hens, 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
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