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I've heard stories of princes
Of romance and love
Of witches and slippers
And snowy white doves

But what I want to hear,
And the one you don't know,
Is the tale of the raven,
Made up as I go

He once was a sparrow
A little brown bird
Appearing quite often
In song and in word

But this bird was not happy
He didn't like his size
He envied bigger birds
With his beady little eye

Then one day he perched
On a well not that small
To see his reflection
But there wasn't one at all

For the well was old magic
And only in this:
It can change your appearance
With one little sip

Well, the bird didn't know this
And he said with a sigh
I wish I was like the birds
Bigger than I

Then he took a quick drink
And with loudest din
He was bigger and stronger
Than he'd ever been

"Wow, this is amazing!"
He said with a caw
And reacted in horror
For it wasn't a song

He tried once again
To sing like before
But all that came out
Was just one caw more

Startled and scared
He ran to his friends
But before he spoke
The turned tail and fled

"Oh, it's true I'm a raven!"
He said with a start
"I can talk to my kind now
The ravens at heart"

But when he went to greet them
They laughed at first sight
And they told him with glee
What he hadn't done right

"You walk like a sparrow
You're quite the young fool
Be who you are
That's our only rule"

And so our poor raven
A sparrow inside
Went back to the well
And started to cry

"Oh why did I wish that!
For I love to sing
To get that life back
I'd do anything!"

And another sip later
Some racket and noise
He had his old size back
His color and voice

He never returned
To the well after that
For he realized where
His heart had been at

And the moral, my friends?
It's easy to see
Be who you are
And happy you'll be

Description
I've heard stories of princes
Of romance and love
Of witches and slippers
And snowy white doves

But what I want to hear,
And the one you don't know,
Is the tale of the raven,
Made up as I go

He once was a sparrow
A little brown bird
Appearing quite often
In song and in word

But this bird was not happy
He didn't like his size
He envied bigger birds
With his beady little eye

Then one day he perched
On a well not that small
To see his reflection
But there wasn't one at all

For the well was old magic
And only in this:
It can change your appearance
With one little sip

Well, the bird didn't know this
And he said with a sigh
I wish I was like the birds
Bigger than I

Then he took a quick drink
And with loudest din
He was bigger and stronger
Than he'd ever been

"Wow, this is amazing!"
He said with a caw
And reacted in horror
For it wasn't a song

He tried once again
To sing like before
But all that came out
Was just one caw more

Startled and scared
He ran to his friends
But before he spoke
The turned tail and fled

"Oh, it's true I'm a raven!"
He said with a start
"I can talk to my kind now
The ravens at heart"

But when he went to greet them
They laughed at first sight
And they told him with glee
What he hadn't done right

"You walk like a sparrow
You're quite the young fool
Be who you are
That's our only rule"

And so our poor raven
A sparrow inside
Went back to the well
And started to cry

"Oh why did I wish that!
For I love to sing
To get that life back
I'd do anything!"

And another sip later
Some racket and noise
He had his old size back
His color and voice

He never returned
To the well after that
For he realized where
His heart had been at

And the moral, my friends?
It's easy to see
Be who you are
And happy you'll be