29. The Fox and
the Stork
Once a stork was invited
to the dinner by a selfish fox at his home. The stork reached the fox's home
and knocked at the door with her long beak. The fox welcomed her with open arms
and offered to have dinner together. The fox served soup in shallow
bowls for both. As the bowl was too shallow for the
stork's beak, she couldn't have any of it but the fox licked up all his soup very
quickly. The poor stork went ballistic but remained polite and ravenous.
To show retaliation
against the fox, the stork also invited him to the dinner next day. This time
again, soup was served, but in tall jugs. The stork devoured the soup easily
but the fox couldn't reach inside the tall jug. This time the fox remained
famished.
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