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THE COCK AND THE JEWEL
A Cock was busily scratching and scraping about to find
something
to eat for himself and his family, when he happened
to turn up a
precious jewel that had been lost by its owner.
"Aha!" said the Cock. "No doubt you are very costly
and he who
lost you would give a great deal to find you. But as
for me, I would choose a single grain of barleycorn
before all the jewels in the world."
_Precious things are without value to those who cannot
prize them._