The Fox and the Crow

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A Crow was sitting on a branch of a tree with a piece of cheese in her beak when a Fox her and set his to work to discover some way of getting the cheese. Coming and standing under the tree he looked up and said, "What a noble bird I see above me! Her beauty is , the of . If only her voice is as sweet as her looks are , she to be of the Birds." The Crow was by this, and just to show the Fox that she could sing she gave a loud . Down came the cheese, of course, and the Fox, it up, said, "You have a voice, madam, I see: what you want is wits."

Moral: He who is not wise, for it has no good .



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