THE FOX AND THE CROW
by Aesop
A Crow stole a good-size piece of cheese from a cottage window and had flown with it into a tall tree.
A Fox, who was observing the whole thing, said to himself : "If I am smart enough, I will have cheese for supper tonight."
The Fox spent time thinking and then he crafted a plan.
Then during the afternoon, the fox met the crow and said: "Good afternoon, Miss Crow, how really beautiful you look today. I have never seen your feathers so glistening. Your neck is as grateful as a swan's and your wings are mightier than an eagle's. I am sure that if you had a voice, you would sing as sweetly as a nightingale."
The Crow, pleased with such as flattering praise, wanted to prove that she could sing. A soon as she opened her mouth to make such a sound, the cheese fell to the ground and immediately the Fox snapped it up.
As the Crow trotted off, he went thinking about what to say, he made things worse by calling back to the Crow and say : "I may have talked much about your beauty, but I said nothing about your brains."
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