The eagle & the fox |
Morale of the Story: " Do unto others as you would have them do unto you " |
| AN EAGLE and a Fox formed an
intimate friendship and decided to live near each other. The Eagle built her nest in the
branches of a tall tree, while the Fox crept into the Underwood and there she reproduced
her young. Not long after they had agreed upon this plan, the Eagle, being in want of provision for her young ones, swooped down while the Fox was out, seized upon one of the little cubs, and feasted herself and her brood. The Fox on her return,discovered what had happened, but was less grieved for the death of her young than for her inability to avenge them. A just retribution*, however, quickly fell upon the Eagle. While hovering near an altar, on which some villagers were sacrificing a goat, the eagle suddenly seized a piece of the flesh, and carried it,along with a burning cinder, to her nest. A strong breeze soon fanned the spark into a flame, and the eaglets, as yet unfledged and helpless, were roasted in their nest and dropped down dead at the bottom of the tree. There, in the sight of the Eagle, the Fox gobbled them up. |
The End |
| * Retribution:- receiving of reward or punishment |
| * Unfledged:- not feathered : not ready for flight |