Once upon a time , there was an old couple lived in a small cottage at the edge of their rice field. The old man and the old woman raised a hen and this hen had seven little chicks. The old couple have never thought to kill them.
One day, a monk came to the old couple’s cottage. The old couple thought that he would have no breakfast for the monk on the next day. “What should we cook for his breakfast?” the old man asked. “Why don’t we kill the hen and raise seven little chicks for breeding? The old woman replied.