Gateway to the Classics: The Book of Fables and Folk Stories by Horace E. Scudder
 
The Book of Fables and Folk Stories by  Horace E. Scudder


[Illustration]

The Fox and the Stork

The Fox invited the Stork to sup with him, and placed a shallow dish on the table. The Stork, with her long bill, could get nothing out of the dish, while the Fox could lap up the food with his tongue; and so the Fox laughed at the Stork.

The Stork, in her turn, asked the Fox to dine with her. She placed the food in a long-necked jar, from which she could easily feed with her bill, while the Fox could get nothing. That was tit for tat.


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