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Chinese Sparrows

Chinese Sparrows

Once there was a merchant who happened to acquire six sparrows from China. “They’ll make a fine gift for my lord,” thought the merchant. But knowing the lord to be very superstitious and always concerned about omens, he suspected that His Lordship might not like the number ‘six’. In order to make the number a lucky ‘seven’, he added one Japanese sparrow, and presented them in a beautiful cage. The lord was greatly pleased to have such a rare gift....

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