My Favorite Childhood Story by Mom
Once upon a time, lived a king who had 2 sons and a daughter. Every one was sure heir to the throne would be either of the sons. Then one day, the king fell sick and after consulting various physicians, he lay on his deathbed when a magician predicted that he can be saved if someone could capture a Magic Parrot that lived far across the hills. The Magic parrot could talk, was all knowledgeable and knew the cure to all existing diseases. He had been captured and set out there at the hill by some big Wizard. Of course, the eldest son undertook the mission. He walked high n low, went through a lot of troubles to finally reach the hill. The magic parrot was perched in a golden cage at a large distance ahead. As the Prince started walking towards him, 'voices' started mocking him, screaming at him from behind. This continued and finally he angrily turned around. Immediately he got cast into stone. After a long wait, the second son started on the same mi...