The Fox And The Crow – One Of Aesop’s Fables (TEXT)
THE FOX AND THE CROW – In this topic, we are going to read the full text of “The Fox and the Crow” one of the well-known Aesop’s fables.
As mentioned above, this is Aesop’s fables. It is numbered 124 in the Perry Index. It tells the story of the cunning fox and the vain crow.
The story is meant to give us a lesson about the dangers of listening to flattery and the consequences of heeding to one.
Here is the full text of the fable:
A crow was sitting on a branch of a tree. Her beak has a piece of cheese on it. A fox observed the crow and set his wits to work in order to get the cheese out of her beak. He approached the crow. Standing under the tree, he said:
“What a noble bird I see above me! Her beauty is without equal, the hue of her plumage exquisite, If only her voice is as sweet as her looks are fair, she ought without doubt to be the Queen of the Birds”
Hugely flattered by the words of a fox and to prove it to the fox that she could sing, she gave a loud caw. Of course, the cheese was dropped from her beak. The fox snatched it up and said:
“You have a voice, madam, I see. What you want are wits”
“Flattery is the best persuasion”
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