Once upon a time there lived a louse. Now, this louse decided to leave her husband and go out into the world to search for a new groom. On the road she met a dove.“Louse, O Louse,” he called.“Where are you going?”

The enamored louse finally married the rat after rejecting four other suitors. They were happy together .. for a while.

To which the louse replied, “I am off to marry another!”

“Will you marry me?”the dove cooed in a lovesick voice.

So the louse asked him, “How will you prove your love for me?”

The pigeon answered, “I will spread my wings and fold you up inside, feed you grain, and sing you a sweet lullaby: Goota-rungo!”

The louse cried out, “Oh, no! Who will ever marry you?” And so saying, she tinkled the dainty bells at her heels and marched onward.

On the road she met a crow.

“Louse, O Louse,” he called. “Where are you going?”

To which the louse replied, “I am off to marry another!”

The crow cawed in a voice melting with love,“ Will you marry me?”

So the louse asked him, “How will you prove your love for me?”