Once there was a light-hearted king. He had a very wise queen. They had a son who was such that during the day he would be a rooster and at night he would turn into a man. One day, while the rooster was out foraging, he found a golden ball. He brought it home.

The next day, he went out again and found another golden ball. He took it forward, and met a man. The rooster told him to take the golden ball and fill his ears with rice. A neighboring king's daughter saw this and told her mother to bring a golden ball and fill the rooster's ears with rice. When his ears began to fill up, all the rice in the king's house was emptied, yet the rooster's ears were still not full. Then the rooster asked for just one more handful. When they added one more handful of rice, his ears finally filled up.

After that, the rooster went ahead with the red bird and met a goat herder. He told him to go and tell his mother that all the stores are being filled. The mother said, "Where does the rooster bring food from?" When the rooster returned home, he began to say, "Mother, the stores are being filled, mother, the yard is being filled." And when the rooster shook his ears, the whole courtyard filled up with rice. Seeing this, the neighboring villagers became jealous and began to chastise their children, saying that the rooster brings rice and dal, while you all do nothing as humans.

The next day, the rooster went out again with the first day's golden ball. He arrived at a king's palace, and the king's daughter, seeing the rooster's golden ball, exclaimed, "Oh mother, look! There is a rooster who is selling a handful of rice for a golden ball." So rice began to fill the rooster's ears. All the rice in the palace was poured into the rooster's ears. When his ears were still not full, the one filling them became confused. The rooster said, "Just one more handful of rice, and then I will be full." They gave one more handful, and his ears were finally full. The rooster went ahead with the red bird.

A goat herder sent a message back home saying that all the stores and the yard were being filled. The rooster returned home saying, "Mother, the stores are being filled, mother, the courtyard is being filled." The rooster shook his ears and the stores and yard were filled. This made the neighboring villagers envious, and they started to punish their children.

The following morning, as the rooster went out in another direction, he met a snake. The snake asked, "Where are you going, brother rooster?" The rooster replied that he was heading to his in-laws. The snake asked to come along, so the rooster let the snake sit in his ear. As they moved along, they met a cobra, and the rooster invited the cobra into his ear as well. Then they reached the forest, where they found a stick, which also went into the rooster's ear. Next, they encountered a tiger, who too was invited into the rooster's ear. Finally, they found fire, and at its request, the fire was also let into the rooster's ear. After gathering all these into his ears, the rooster went to a king's fort and declared that he wanted to marry the king's daughter.

The king's daughter asked, "Will you, as a rooster, marry me?" Upon hearing this, the rooster released all the creatures from his ears; the snake slithered away, the tiger began to eat them, the snakes started biting, and the fire began to burn them. When an old woman was left, the rooster pleaded for everything to return to the way it was so he could marry the king's daughter. The rooster gathered everyone back and successfully married the king's daughter. After the wedding feast, he returned home, dropping everyone off at their respective places along the way.

When they arrived home, they came across a buffalo herder, and the rooster told him to go tell his mother that the courtyard is full and that the priest and the fisherman are invited. The herder relayed the message, and the mother commented that the rooster had married the king's daughter. Immediately, the rooster reached the village and proclaimed, “Mother, the courtyard is full, mother, the priest will come, mother, the fisherman will come.” Everyone was called, and in no time, the wedding festivities commenced, and the rooster married the king's daughter.

During the day, the rooster would be a rooster, and at night, he would take the form of a man and live with the queen. One day the queen searched for the rooster's wings at night and accidentally burned them. Despite the king searching high and low, the wings were not found, and thus the rooster was no longer able to take on the human form. The king and queen lived happily ever after.