13. THE COCK AND THE JEWEL. A BARN-DOOR COCK while scratching up his dunghill came upon a Jewel. "Oh why," said he, "should I find this glistening thing? If some jeweller had found it, he would have been beside himself with joy at the thought of its value, but to me it is of no manner of use, nor do I care one jot about it; why I would rather have one grain of barley than all the jewels in the world." [more info]
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