It was a fine summer’s day and fox was out for a stroll when he spotted a
crow sitting on a high branch of a tree. The fox couldn’t help but
notice that the crow had in his beak a very large chunk of cheese! The
fox being a crafty fox, and the fact that he’d not yet had his
breakfast, decide that this was too good an opportunity to miss, and sat
down at the foot of the tree. He watched the crow as he thought to come
up with a ruse which would deliver the cheese to him. The crow eyed him
suspiciously, being very much aware of the fox’s reputation. But she
considered herself quite safe, as it is well known that foxes do not
climb trees.
“My my”, said the fox at last, looking up towards the crow, “What a
magnificent noble bird I see before me! Your beauty is indeed without
equal, mistress, and the effect of the sunlight on your feathers is
surely beyond compare! I heard from my friends that it is your voice,
however, that is your finest attribute, and I have been longing to hear
you sing!”
Now the crow had never really given much thought to the quality of her
voice, but she was mightily flattered by the fox’s compliments. As a
result she forgot all about her suspicions, and threw caution to the
wind. She opened her mouth, and started singing a tune, as loudly as she
could: “caw craw craw!” As soon as she did so, of course, down fell the
cheese, and the fox put her paw over it.
“Well, mistress, you do indeed have a fine voice”, he called out to her, “if only your brain was quite as sharp!”
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