A
sly fox and a foolish crow
One day, a crow stole a piece of meat.
She flew away and sat on the branch of a tree. At that moment, a fox was
passing by. When he came under that tree, he noticed the meat in the crow’s
beak. The sight of the piece of meat made his mouth filled with water. He
thought for a moment. Then he hit upon a plan to have it. He said to the crow,
“Oh beautiful crow! Your complexion is so fair. I think you can sing nicely.
Would you please sing a song for me?” At first the crow did not want to sing.
But as the fox carried on praising her, she felt proud of her voice. Finally,
she started to sing a song. But no sooner had she opened her mouth than the
piece of meat fell off her mouth. The clever fox took it and ran away. The crow
had paid a heavy price for her foolishness. Moral of the story: “You should not speak when you should remain
silent.”
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