Long, long ago, the crows were of white colour. But they didn’t like their white colour. Once there was a crow named Dodo who lived in the neighbourhood of an owl who had a dye shop. Dodo also didn’t like his white colour and always desired to be coloured with myriad colours. One day, Dodo went to the owl’s shop and asked if his white body could be coloured. The owl agreed to colour his body and told him to come the next day. The owl was slightly blind and mixed the black colour in the tub in place of lilac. Dodo arrived at the owl’s house the next day. The owl told him to dive into that pool of water.
The crow lost no time and dived into the tub. But when he emerged, he saw that he was black in colour. He seethed with anger and cawed at the owl, “Why have you made me black? Wait till I catch you!” The frightened owl flew away and came out only at night when the crow was asleep. Since then, crows are black and owls venture out only at night.
