THE CROW AND THE DOVE
A long long time ago GOD punished the people on earth by means of a great flood. Before the great flood came, GOD ordered Noah to build an Ark where he, several companions and some birds and animals could go to when the flood would come. Among the birds Noah took with him to the Ark where the crow and the dove. At that time the crow had a white color and also had a sweet voice.Tfloood lastedfor many weeks. During all this time Noah and his people and the animals stayed in the Ark. One morning Noah ordered the crow to fly out of the Ark and find out whether it was already safe to return to earth.Obeying Noah the crow flew out of the Ark. The things the crow saw made him sad. F or miles and miles around, he saw dead bodies of human beings, and animals, wanting to investigate further, the crow finally flew down and perched near the carcass of a death animal. Soon the crow felt hunger and took a bite. Noah became impatient at the crow`s long absence. So he called the dove and said" go fly out of the Ark and do two things for me, first, find out what happened to the crow, second find out whether it`s safe for us to land. The dove saw the widespread destruction caused by the flood. But she saw also that it was also safe to land. So she flew back to returnto the Ark. Just then the dove saw the crow feasting on a death bodies. She flew in the direction of the Ark and told Noah what she saw. Noah was pleased with the dove`s sincerity and prised the dove`s with nice words and saying that from that time on, the dove shall be the symbol of purity, loyalty and peace. But Noah got angry at the crow and said from this time on the crow shall become black so people will know that he is bad. He shall become, hoarse and unpleasant to hear. He shall eat nothing but the foul-smelling carcass and he shall be disliked by both people and beast.
