The Fox and the Stork
Vocabulary:
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bill - an animal's beak
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insert - to put into
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lap - to lick up a liquid
At one time the Fox and the Stork
were on visiting terms and seemed very good friends. So the Fox invited the
Stork to dinner, and for a joke put nothing before her but some soup in a very
shallow dish. This the Fox could easily lap up, but the Stork could only wet
the end of her long bill in it, and left the meal as hungry as when she began.
"I am sorry," said the
Fox, "the soup is not to your liking."
"Pray do not apologize,"
said the Stork. "I hope you will return this visit, and come and dine with
me soon."
So a day was appointed when the
Fox should visit the Stork; but when they were seated at table all that was
for their dinner was contained in a very long-necked jar with a narrow mouth,
in which the Fox could not insert his snout, so all he could manage to do was
to lick the outside of the jar.
"I will not apologize for the
dinner," said the Stork:
"One bad turn deserves another."
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Questions to discuss:
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Did the Stork do the right thing
in paying back the Fox's rude behavior?
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What do you think happened after
the fable ended with the fox and the stork?
