The Pink Fairy Book Tale 39 - The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue

from The Andrew Lang Library · host Andrew Lang

In which an old man, kind to all creatures, rescues a terrified sparrow from a raven and cares for it tenderly, only for his quarrelsome wife to harm the bird in a cruel fit of jealousy. The tale unfolds with the sparrow's surprising transformation and the retribution that follows for the wife's greed, weaving a gentle but cautionary story of kindness and folly deep in the mountain forests.

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