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The Fox and the Goat
By an unlucky chance a Fox fell into a deep well and could not get out. A Goat passed by and asked the Fox what he was doing. “Oh, have you not heard?” said the Fox. “There is going to be a drought, so I jumped down here in order to be sure to have water near me. Why don’t you join me?” The Goat thought well of this advice, and jumped into the well. But the Fox immediately jumped on her back, and by putting his foot on her long horns managed to jump up to the edge of the well. “Good-bye, friend!” said the Fox.
The Fox and the Crow
Crow, having stolen a bit of meat, perched in a tree and held it in her beak. Fox longed to possess the meat himself. Soon, he thought of a plan. “How handsome is the Crow,” he exclaimed. “If her voice were only equal to her beauty, she would be considered the Queen of Birds!” The Crow, anxious to prove that there was nothing wrong with her voice, set up a loud caw and dropped the meat. The Fox picked it up. “My good Crow,” he said, “your voice is right enough, but your intelligence is wanting.”
What problem does Fox have in each story? How does he solve each problem?
In the first story Fox is trapped in a well, so he lies to Goat in order to get out. In the second story, Fox wants the meat that Crow has in her beak, so he tricks her into giving it to him.