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At sunrise, a small rooster named Rollo pecked beside the red farmyard gate. He found one crumb, then another. His stomach still rumbled.
The Rooster Who Found a Jewel Instead of GrainA hungry rooster finds a precious jewel but leaves it behind because food is more useful to him than treasure.
1. At sunrise, a small rooster named Rollo pecked beside the red farmyard gate. He found one crumb, then another. His stomach still rumbled.
2. Rollo searched beneath the fence. He searched near the henhouse. He searched under the old cart, but the ground held only dust and pebbles.
3. Then something glittered beneath the cart. Rollo scraped away the dirt with one pale yellow foot.
4. Out came a jewel, red as a berry and bright as a drop of morning sun. Rollo stared at it.
5. The sparrows chirped around him. The jewel was precious, they said. It could buy a sack of grain.
6. Rollo imagined a sack of grain. He imagined a full bowl. His empty stomach gave a loud, bumpy growl.
7. Near the garden, Rollo found three grains. They were small, but they were real. He pecked up the first one.
8. He pecked up the second grain, then the third. His stomach quieted for a moment, and Rollo smiled with his whole beak.
9. Rollo looked back at the jewel. It could buy grain someday. But it could not fill his bowl today.
10. So Rollo left the precious jewel behind and followed the scent of grain. Treasure was lovely, but food was more useful to a hungry rooster.
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