The Jackal And the Stork

Morale of the Story: " You got served the way; you serve others "

Once upon a time, in a jungle there lived a Jackal and Stork. They were friends. One day Jackal asked Stork to come to his place place and they will have dinner together. The stork agreed.

When the Stork came for dinner the jackal served him hot vegetable soup and said "Help yourself, Mrs. Stork! I'm sure you'll enjoy this! Taste it, you'll find it's delicious!"

"Thank you very much!" said the stork, sniffing the soup. But she quickly saw the trick the fox had played on her. For no matter how she tried, she could not drink the soup from the flat plate. The sniggering fox urged her on: "Eat up! Do you like it?" She said: "I'm afraid I've such a headache that I've lost my appetite!" And the fox fussily replied: "What a shame! And it's such good soup too! Too bad! Maybe next time . . ." The stork could not sip a single drop of it, with its long beak from the flat soup-dish. She was much embarrassed. She felt very angry and decided to teach a lesson to the jackal.

The stork said, "What a sweet soup. tomorrow you come to my place." Jackal accepted the stork's invitation to lunch. "Now, isn't that nice of her!" said the fox to himself. "She hasn't taken my little trick to heart either! A real lady!" The jackal went to the stork's place next morning.

She was very happy to see the Jackal and said, "I've cooked a really special meal. Freshwater shrimps with Mushrooms!" The fox licked his lips at the idea of these goodies and sniffed deeply when the stork handed him a narrow jug in which the soup was served. But, he was unable to eat a bite, for he could not reach down with his nose into the long neck of the jar. In the meantime, with her long beak, the stork gobbled her lunch.

"Try it! Try it!" she said. "Do you like it?" But the unlucky fox, confused and outsmarted,said, "The smell itself is so nice that I am full with it."

And he walked hungrily to his house, thinking of his lost lunch, he said to himself with a sigh: "I might have known!"

So, Kids the jackal had tried to fool the stork and the stork did the same.

The End