It happened that a Countryman was sowing some hemp seeds
in a
field where a Swallow and some other birds were hopping
about
picking up their food. "Beware of that man," quoth
the Swallow.
"Why, what is he doing?" said the others. "That
is hemp seed he
is sowing; be careful to pick up every one of the seeds,
or else
you will repent it." The birds paid no heed to
the Swallow's
words, and by and by the hemp grew up and was made into
cord, and
of the cords nets were made, and many a bird that had
despised the
Swallow's advice was caught in nets made out of that
very hemp.
"What did I tell you?" said the Swallow.
Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.
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