The shopkeeper took the 20 rupees and said he does not have the change. He was requested to give an egg instead. The shopkeeper agreed immediately. The walk back to home was spent thinking about the day ahead. The plastic bag with the egg and other stuffs swayed from the hands. On reaching home the bag was placed on a window sill. The car seemed dirty and needed dusting urgently. The process consumed 20 minutes. Twenty minutes of further thinking on the day ahead.
When the bag was picked it seemed lighter. Something was missing - the lonely egg. It had not fallen off the bag. But it was not in the bag either. Instead the bag had a hole which was big enough for the egg to fall off. A re-inspection of the surrounding confirmed that the egg had not fallen off. But a crow picking into a paper wrapping was noticed. The wrapper seemed to be in the shape of a egg. The damn crow had taken advantage of the opportunity to tear the bag and take out the egg. It took the egg to a safe height before tearing into the paper, breaking the shell and drinking the egg's content.
On finishing off the egg it gave a few contented caws before flying away. The questions it left behind included
- How did it identify the egg?
- How did it take it off without breaking it?
- Was there a hint of amusement in the caw or was it just satisfaction?
- How can the recent desire to have egg for breakfast be satisfied now?
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