The Kindness of a Bird Once there lived a boy and his mother in a small village. They were very poor and earned their livelihood by collecting wood from forest. The boy used to cut down small trees.
One day he began to cut a big tree. A bird from the tree pleaded not to cut down the tree because it was her house. The boy agreed.
The bird was pleased and asked the boy to come before sunrise with a bag the next morning. He did as the bird said. The bird asked the boy to hold on to her tail. The boy held her tail tightly and the bird flew up in the sky to a distant valley which was full of gold. The boy filled the bag with gold. Then they flew back. The boy and his mother became rich. They lived happily.