17. REYNARD THE FOX AND THE ROOSTER
#Inspirational Moral Stories
The famed red fox,
Reynard, got lucky once. Finding a hole in a farm fence,
he went into the hen
coop, and caught a rooster, but the hens began clucking
in fear. Hearing the
noise, the farmer gave chase to the fox with his helpers
and dogs. They
roundly abused the fox. The rooster cleverly taunted the fox:
‘They are insulting
you. Don’t you have any pride to give them a fitting
reply?’
With his
self-respect at stake, Reynard turned to say: ‘You blockheads will
never catch me!’
Barely had he said the first few words, that the rooster
escaped from his
jaws, to fly up to a tall tree branch. There it crowed, raising
its crest: ‘You are
the blockhead! You will not be able to catch me now!’
Reynard realised his
foolishness but had to keep running to save himself.
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