4 The fox and the stork

Chapter 4 The fox and the stork One evening, a sly fox invited a hungry stork to dinner. "Make yourself at home while I serve our meal," said the fox.

The stork sat down. Delicious spicy smells wafted in from the kitchen. "Here we are," said the fox, carrying two steaming bowls of fresh soup. This should be amusing.

The fox greedily lapped up his soup and eyed the stork's bowl. The stork was having trouble. Her beak was too long to eat from the fox's shallow dish. Let me help you finish it off.

She flew home in a bad mood, feeling very hungry. "That cunning fox tricked me and ate my dinner too," she squawked, and plotted how to get back at him.

A week later, the stork invited the fox to dinner. "Your soup was so delicious," she said, "I thought I'd make some too. The stork poured the soup into two tall jars. She ate hers easily, but the fox hadn't a chance. His nose was far too short.

"I've been fooled by my own trick," he sighed. And the moral is... Play mean tricks on people and they may play them back on you.