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The owl dyed the crow

Grateful Crane
Long long ago, there was a dye shop run by an owl in a forest.
The birds in the forest went there to dye their wings.
One day a crow, which was white at that time, went there to dye himself.
“Mrs. Owl. Would you mind dying me in the most beautiful color in the forest.”
“Of course, not. I’ll dye you in the most beautiful color in the forest.”
The owl dyed the crow in all black while he was sleeping on a chair.
The crow was so surprised to see his color.
“This is not the color I wanted. Black makes me dirty. Please dye me in another color.” said the crow, very angrily.
“But black is the most beautiful color in the forest.” said the owl.
“No, I don’t like it. Dye me in another color.”
“But I’m sorry I can’t change black into another color.”

After that, the crow was so hard on the owl whenever the former saw the latter.
Now the owl can’t go out in the daytime, afraid of the crow.
The owl goes out secretly in the night after the crow went to bed.

The end