So the old woman went to the fowl yard, grabbed the hen by its tail
and beat it and beat it black and blue that you could cry for its
mercy! The poor hen, finally managing to run out of the old
woman’s hands, hurried down the road. And as she was walking,
she found a colorful bead and swallowed it.
Then she quickly got back home to the old woman and started
chucking at the gate. The old woman welcomed it happily, but the
hen jumped over the gate, ran past the woman and settled down in
its nest, still chucking contentedly. Then the old woman went
quickly into the henhouse to see what the hen had laid. And picture
this: the hen had laid a BEAD!
When she saw that the bird had made a fool of her, the old woman
jumped at its throat and beat it and beat it until she left the poor
bird breathless. And that is how the crazy mean old woman was
left as poor as a church mouse.
But the old man, who was rich now, lived happily with his faithful
rooster, whom he honored until they were both very very old.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfzgFN_jcXQ
THE END
THE PURSE WITH COPPERS TWO