The Mischievous Crow

An Australian Folktale

De: Bill Gordh

Narrado por: Bill Gordh

Award-winning storyteller Bill Gordh (Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence winner, National Association of Parenting Periodicals Gold Award winner) presents this folk tale live with no script, accompanied only by his own dynamic banjo playing.

Crow was always causing trouble wherever he went, doing tricks and being mean. One of his tricks was to call a stranger who he wanted something from "Brother-in-law" so that they would treat him like family and give him food. He would always make up how some great ancestor had married into the other animal's clan. While traveling he did this with Eagle-Hawk. after eating, he left. He faked a limp so they would feel sorry for him. He moved on and came quickly like the wind to Pelican's. He used the "Brother-in-law trick on Pelican and said he had come quickly because he was running from Emu who threw a boomerang and hurt his leg.

Pelican invited Crow to stay in his wurley. They treated Crow as special guest bringing him wonderful food. He slept and when he awoke, it was almost noon. He never slept that late and decided that the pelican must have cast a spell. They had done nothing at all. He followed their tracks to the lagoon watching the pelicans in the water, thinking about what he might do to pay them back for making him sleep late. He heard some babies crying and could not figure out where it was coming from. Finally he saw that there were two baby pelicans in the fork of the tree above him. They were left there by two sisters who were in the lagoon and the mothers had set up a net around the tree so if a baby slipped it would still be safe and land in the net.

©2013 Bill Gordh (P)2014 Audible Inc.