The cunning fox

(a short story)One evening a hungry fox came to a farm-house. There was a big dog lying outside the house. It was tied to a tree by a rope. A woman came out of the house and put a plate of meat on the ground. She put it near enough for the dog to reach it. (a short story) Perhaps the dog was not hungry, because it did not eat the meat.

(a short story)The fox had not eaten anything for two days, but it was afraid of the dog. The fox began to walk slowly round the tree. The dog was very angry and tried to attack the fox. (a short story)But the rope was not long enough. The fox walked round the tree, and the dog followed it, round and round. The rope was also going round the tree and becoming shorter and shorter. (a short story)At last the rope was too short for the dog to reach the plate. Then the clever fox ate up the meat and ran away.

Evil has its own excuses

A mischievous dog made his bed on some sweet hay which were stored up for the ox. (a short story)The ox came in hungry and seeing the dog on the hay, requested him to go away so that he might  make a food of it. But the dog growled at him. He would not let him touch the hay though the dog would never take the hay. Rather the dog mischievously told him “I do not take it, and will never allow anybody to take it.” (a short story) The ox become disappointed and went away. (a short story)