146. The
Hungry Fox
Once upon a time,
a ravenous fox was looking for something to eat. He worked too hard but
couldn't find food. Finally, he went to the edge of the forest and searched
there for food. Suddenly, he caught sight of a big tree with a hole in it.
Seeing a package in the hole the fox jumped into the hole, thinking that there
must be food in it. The fox became exhilarated to see a lot of food in that
package. An old woodcutter had placed the food in the tree trunk while cutting
trees in the forest. The fox happily demolished the food. After eating he felt
thirsty, so he decided to leave the trunk and have some water from a nearby
spring. The fox tried hard, but couldn't get out of the hole. Because of eating
too much, he had become too big to come out of the hole. The fox became very
sad and upset.
Moral: Before doing something we should think again and again.
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