What is the story of the magpie teacher who taught many birds to make nests in the 365 Nights story

The Magpie's feathers were beautiful and she built a very good nest.

One day many birds flew to the magpie to ask her how to build a nest.

The magpie said, "You must concentrate on building a nest, or you will not do it well. Now I will do it first and show you how. You all watch from the beginning!" The birds agreed.

The magpie then took some sticky clay from the river and made it look like a cake, and the birds watched quietly.

After they had finished making the cake, one of the paintbrushes suddenly called out:

"I know how to build a nest, it's just a little thing like this! It's easy to take the clay, pat it down, make it into a round cake, and make a dent in the center, isn't it?"

As she spoke, she flew back to build her own nest. So, as you can see, until now the nest of the painted lady is still only a little bit of something, like a round cake, just concave in the center, and it is very badly built.

The magpie teacher took some short branches and put them around the mud cake, and the old crow squawked again and said, "I know how to build it. It's just a matter of spreading out some mud and putting a few branches around it, so it's not easy to do."

So saying, he too flew back to build his own nest. So, you see, now the old crow's nest is just a nest frame, and it is not well built.

Teacher Magpie put another layer of mud on the branch, and made this mud glossy and smooth with her little beak, and then took some of the thinner and longer branches, and made them curved, and put them around the nest`s side.

The sparrow also called out when she saw this, "I have learned, I have learned."

Saying this, she too flew back and built her nest. So now, you see, the nest that the sparrow had made had some bent grass hanging around it, and it was hairy inside.

The magpie's teacher took some more feathers and fine grass and laid them in the nest, and the nest was made.

The paintbrush, the crow, and the sparrow all flew away in the middle of the nest without listening to Mr. Magpie, so their nests were no good. Only the little swallows learned how to build their nests from the magpie teacher, and now the nests they made were protected from the wind and snow, and they were very beautiful.

While Mr. Magpie was teaching many birds how to build nests, two turtledoves were very lazy and did not want to learn hard, but only cooed. Many of the birds had flown away and they were still cooing.

The magpies thought they wanted a couple of very small sticks of wood, so they gave them a couple of small sticks of wood for them. So, until now, the turtledoves have only known how to build a few nests with a few small sticks.

The eagle, though he had listened to the lesson from beginning to end, was too lazy to try, and so, until now, he could not build a nest!

It seems that in order to really accomplish something, one needs to listen carefully to other people's teachings, learn patiently, and must not be in a hurry or give up halfway, but should work on the ground, so as to achieve the final success!

Swallows

The magpie is an accomplished nest builder in the family of birds. The nests it builds are beautiful and strong enough to withstand the wind and rain, so many birds come to it for advice on how to build a nest. One day, crows, sparrows and swallows came together to learn how to build a nest from Auntie Magpie. The magpie was very happy to see the three lovely and studious birds, and said to them kindly: "My little friends, to build a nest you must be devoted and unafraid of hard work, or you will not be able to build it well, can you do it?"

The three little birds said in unison, "Auntie Magpie, we can definitely do it!" The magpie nodded in satisfaction and began to demonstrate how to build the nest, while the three little birds watched quietly. The magpie first took the clay and patted it gently to make a round cake, denting the center. Then he took some short twigs and placed them around the clay cake. When the crow saw this, he cried out at once and said, "I know how to build a nest! I'm going to build the nest myself!" After saying this, it flew away.

So now the crow's nest was just a shelf built of twigs, and it wasn't built very well at all. The magpie proceeded to put a layer of mud on the branch, and with its beak made this mud glossy and slippery, and then took some thin branches and bent them around the nest. When the sparrow saw this, he also called out and said, "I have learned, I have learned to build a nest!" And when he had said this, he also flew away and went off to build his own nest. So now the nest that the sparrow had built looked like it had some bent branches hanging from it on the surface and was rough inside. The magpie took some more feathers and fine hay and laid them in the nest, and this nest was built.

The crows and sparrows flew away in the middle of the process, but only the little swallow stayed to the end, and watched intently as the magpie finished the nest. So now the little swallow has built a nest that is both strong and beautiful.