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The Crow’s Lunch

By Chitra Padmanabhan; Illustration by Shinod AP

The crow sat on the tree
Waiting for lunch

What would it be? Rice,
roti - or earthworm?

Lunch was none of these
The family was on a fast

Disgusted, the crow
swooped down
If not curry, maybe
a bland earthworm?

But the worms weren’t there
The crow wasn’t early enough
What has the world come to,
cried the crow
No thought for others!