“The wicked Corvus has a weakness for Kendlles Red Wine,” she pronounced boldly. Columba
‘was surprised at the words for she knew nothing of the matter.
In order to protect his kingdom and his people, from the evil powers the stepmother
possessed, King Hercules gathered the best and strongest bottle of Kendlles Red Wine in the
kingdom and placed it secretly on the porch of Corvus’ home. The next morning Corvus was
surprised and completely overjoyed at the sight. She took the bottle to her room, on the second
floor of the home, and began to drink the rich, delicious liquid. A little while later, Corvus was
very drunk, While she was drunk, she accidently stepped on a tack and started hopping around
on one foot in pain. While she was hopping around she fell out her window and landed in the
thorny rose bushes below. The impact of the fall and the thorns killed the wicked stepmother.
She was so unliked by the people that no one picked up her body and buried it properly.
The crows came down and ate her flesh and body leaving nothing but old rotting bones. In this,
land, crows were looked upon as a disgrace and unclean creatures. The wicked Corvus forever
was placed into the sky as a constellation of a crow. In the meantime prince Orion and Columba
got married and lived Happily Ever After; till their deaths, where they too returned to the skies,
to join Delphinus and Star Dust as a magnificent constellation.
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