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Cuckoo: Your Majesty, if you grant me permission I Do you know the

would like to try once. names of the festivals
that the rest of India
King Rudra Singha (looking pleased): Of course, celebrates when Assam
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go ahead. celebrates Bihu?

Narrator: All the courtiers sat down
and the cuckoo began to sing. She

sang about a far-away land where
it was always spring season and
beautiful flowers bloomed all year

round. For several minutes the cuckoo
sang melodiously, and when she

finished, the king stood up
and clapped.

King Rudra Singha (looking very

happy): I have never heard such a
beautiful song before! I hereby declare
you the winner of this competition.

From today, you will stay in my court as a minister.

Cuckoo (bowing before the king): I beg your pardon, Your Majesty. But I will not
be able to stay. I will come to your kingdom every year only when it is spring. I

will die if I stay during the winter and summer.

King Rudra Singha: So be it! When you come to my kingdom during the spring

season, you will stay in my palace and sing for me every day.

Cuckoo (looking sad): Your Majesty, I will not be able to sing every day because I
also have to take care of my little ones in the nest.

Narrator: The king sat on the throne and started thinking. He felt sad that such a
talented singer could not be his minister.

A cunning crow who was sitting near the door saw this What do you call Language

as an opportunity to please the king. He thought that if a cuckoo in your Connect
he too sang like the cuckoo, the king would let him stay language?
in the palace and he could be a minister. So he flew into Also find out what your
classmates call a crow in
the king’s court. their mother tongue.

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