The Cock and the Jewel

A COCK, scratching for food for himself and his hens, found a precious stone and exclaimed: “If your owner had found thee, and not I, he would have taken thee up, and have set thee in thy first estate; but I have found thee for no purpose. I would rather have one barleycorn than all the jewels in the world.

Vocabulary Help

• cock – galo
• scratch – ciscar (arranhar)
• food – comida
• hen – galinha
• stone – pedra
• owner – dono, proprietário
• barleycorn
• jewel – jóia