Outline.
A hungry
fox sees a crow with a piece of cheese---wishes to eat it himself ---praises
the crow---begs it to sing---the crow caws---cheese falls down---fox eats it
up---Moral.
The Story. A
hungry fox was once wandering in a jungle. He saw a crow sitting in a tree. It
had a piece of cheese in its beak. He longed to eat it himself. So he sat down
under the tree and said, “What a pretty bird you are! Your voice must also be
very sweet. Do sing me a song, please.”
The crow was
greatly pleased to hear its praise. It began to caw with endless pride. But the
moment it did so, the piece of cheese fell down. The cunning fox picked it up
and ran away saying, “Thank you, Mr. Crow. The cheese is very delicious indeed.
But your voice is not so sweet, as I thought it to be!”