Crafty Fox and Crafty Crane | English story
Once, a very clever and mischievous fox lived. He used to talk sweetly to other animals and gain their trust before making tricks on them.
One day the fox met a stork. He befriended the stork and acted like a very good friend. Soon, he invited the stork to a feast with him. The stork happily accepted the invitation.
The day of the feast arrived, and the stork went to the fox's house. To her surprise and disappointment, the fox said that she could not have a big feast, and simply offered some soup. When he brought the soup out of the kitchen, the stork saw it in a shallow bowl!
The poor stork could not make any soup with its long bill, but the fox easily licked the soup from the plate. As the stork touched the soup with the tip of its bill, the fox asked her, "How is the soup? Do you like it?"
The hungry stork replied, "Oh, that's good, but my stomach is bad, and I can't take any more soup!"
"I'm sorry to bother you," said the fox.
The stork replied, "Oh dear, don't say sorry. I have some health problems and can't enjoy what you offer."
She left from there, thanking the fox, and invited him to her house to eat.
Clever Fox and Cleaver Stork Story. The day arrived and the fox reached the place of the stork. After exchanging pleasure, the stork served soup to both of them, in a narrow jar with a long neck. She was able to take soup very easily with her long bill, but the fox apparently could not.
After finishing her, the stork asks the fox if she is enjoying the soup. The fox remembered the feast he had given himself to the stork, and felt ashamed. He stammered, "I ... I'd better leave now. I have a stomach ache."
Humiliated, he stopped running.
Moral: One bad turn begets another.
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