Fable
The Cock and The Fox
One bright evening as the sun was sinking on a
glorious world a wise old Cock flew into a tree to roost. Before he composed
himself to rest, he flapped his wings three times and crowed loudly. But just
as he was about to put his head under his wing, his beady eyes caught a flash
of red and a glimpse of a long-pointed nose, and there just below him stood
Master Fox.
"Have
you heard the wonderful news?" cried the Fox in a very joyful and excited
manner.
"What
news?" asked the Cock very calmly. But he had a queer, fluttery feeling
inside him, for, you know, he was very much afraid of the Fox.
"Your
family and mine and all other animals have agreed to forget their differences
and live in peace and friendship from now on forever. Just think of it! I
simply cannot wait to embrace you! Do come down, dear friend, and let us
celebrate the joyful event."
"How
grand!" said the Cock. "I certainly am delighted at the news."
But he spoke in an absent way, and stretching up on tiptoes, seemed to be
looking at something afar off.
"What
is it you see?" asked the Fox a little anxiously.
"Why,
it looks to me like a couple of Dogs coming this way. They must have heard the
good news and—"
But
the Fox did not wait to hear more. Off he started on a run.
"Wait,"
cried the Cock. "Why do you run? The Dogs are friends of yours now!"
"Yes,"
answered the Fox. "But they might not have heard the news. Besides, I have
a very important errand that I had almost forgotten about."
The
Cock smiled as he buried his head in his feathers and went to sleep, for he had
succeeded in outwitting a very crafty enemy.
Moral
–
The trickster is easily tricked.
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