XLVII. THE CROW WITH THE GOLDEN CAP.1
Anton Schiefner translation
It happened long ago, that a crow uttered agreeable sounds in the presence of a woman, whose husband had undertaken a long journey.
The woman said, “Ho there, O crow! if my husband returns home safe and sound, I will give you a golden cap.”
After a time her husband returned home safe and sound, when the crow appeared before her with an eye to the golden cap, and uttered agreeable sounds. She gave it a golden cap.
The crow put it on, and fled hither and thither.
But on account of the golden cap a falcon tore off the crow’s head.
A deity uttered this verse: “A possession, which has no necessary cause, will be taken away. The gold on the crow’s head was looked after by a robber.”