Intrigue
A story from ancient India
It had been a slow, sleepy day, heavy with the heat of the retreating monsoons. The sparrows had done nothing all day except doze in the shade of a spreading kadamb tree and peck now and then at the grain that the chai stall owner had scattered for them.
“What a waste of a day,” muttered a sparrow grumpily. “Sleep and eat, sleep and eat, that’s all we’v…
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