THE CUNNING FOX

There was a fox which was just a bag of bones, having nothing to eat for days. Deep in his thought near a river, he was thinking about finding ways of catching villagers' fowls for food. He suddenly stood up and shouted to himself: "I've got it! I've got it!” He dashed into the forest. Moments later, he emerged with a drum, a broom, a buCket and a cage in his bands. The fox started to clean an area near the bushes next to the place wh,e re chickens and ducks roamed for food. Seated on a tree stump, he then beat the drum and sung: “La! La! La! La! La! La' The night is lighted by the moon. Come and dance! You! Chickens and ducks with cages. You look beautiful. Come on! Let's dance ... here at the terrace. I have just cleaned it. La! La! La!"

Heard the, strange sound of drum and singing, the chickens, which were nearby, were very surprised and tried to look for the source. They spotted a fox beating a drum and swaying from side to side, and came up to it. The fox increased his voice and invited the birds to dance. A virgin hen could not control herself at the beat of the music. She then started to dance and gracefully swayed in front of a cock. The more momentum the music tune gathers, the more dancers there are. They joyfully danced in circle.

The fox stopped beating the dmm. He clapped his hands and praised: "Fantastic! Excellent! You all good dancers ... “While dancing, the chickens -spotted the broom and asked: "Dear Brother Fox! What is the broom forT'. "It is to clean the dancing terrace so your beautiful furs will not get ditty with all tbe dust", replied the fox. "What a wonderful idea! “All exclaimed.

"What about this bucket? What is it for?” one duck asked. "Well! It is to keep water for you to drink when you feel tired. Come on! Let have a drink", said the fox, which then gave a bowl of water to each chicken. “What a good buddy!” a rooster praised.

"What about the cage? It has got a nice roof. What is it for?" asked the chickens. "Oh! I forget to tell you. This is the cage for you all to take shelter when it rains. You see! I treat you all with care. 1 only want you to enjoy dancing", replied the fox. “What a bosom pal we've got!” exclaimed a rooster.

The fox started to beat the drum once again. All the birds took part in the dance and noisily joined in the chorus. "La! La! La ... ". Seeing the chickens were overwhelmed with joy, the fox plunged the broom into the water in the bucket. He climbed ooto a tree stump, waving the broom and shouting: “It rains! It rains! Let's take shelter. Come on! Let's move into the cage".

All the chickens were so absorbed in the dance that they presumed so. They then rushed into the coop as told by the fox. Once the chooks were all in the cage, the fox hw-ried to close the cage door smiling. He carried the cage home, and was very pleased because he had got the delicious food to eat.

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AN EAGLE AND A FOX

An eagle made a nest on top of the tree while a fox dug a hole to live at the base of the same tree. They have promised to be good friends and to look out for each other always. But one day while the fox was out hunting for food, the eagle Snead down and snatched a kid to bring back as food for her baby chicks. The fox came back to find her kid missing. She knew that the eagle has snatched it so she begged the eagle to return her kid , but no matter how much the fox begged, the eagle ignored the fox's plea. The fox was very angry and so she gathered pieces of wood and set fire to the base of the tree.

The eagle saw the tree was burning and the smoke pouring onto its nest. Fearing for its own chick's safety, the eagle realised how the fox must have felt and quickly returned the kid back to the fox.

Moral: A man realities others' pains when he himself is going through one. 

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THE FOX THAT LOST HIS TAILS

A Fox was caught in a trap of a hunter. He finally escaped but sadly he lost his tail. Ashmed and embarrassed for being a tailless fox, he tried to convince all other he said. "Being tailess makes you run faster and is also more attractive". 

An lod wise Fox could see through the tailless fox's trick. "You are just ashamed to be a tailless fox. That is why you want all of us to cut off our tails to look like you," he interrupted. Other foxes realised the plan an did not talk to the tailless fox again.

Moral: Not all interesting advice is with good intention.

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