On a beautiful morning, the fox

strolls sniffing around in the forest.

In search of something to munch
on, he spots a crow sitting on a
branch of a giant tree. A bite of
cheese held by the crow in its beak
catches the attention of the fox.
In the first instance, the fox does
not pay much attention. But when
he looks at the crow for the second
time, his cunning mind starts
thinking of ideas for stealing the
cheese bite.
“I need not wander anymore to
find my breakfast; who wouldn’t
like to have a piece of yummy
cheese,” thinks the sly fox. He
walks up to the foot of the tree
and tries to strike a conversation
with the crow.
“Good morning, you beautiful
crow,” said the fox in a
pleasant voice. The crow
looks at the fox suspiciously
and tightens her grip on the
cheese. She does not respond
to fox’s greetings.
Fox continues to flatter the crow,
he says:
“What a beautiful bird you are!
Such silky and shiny feathers.
You are a bird with spectacular
wings.”
The crow falls for it.
The fox notices a change in the
crow’s expression and tries to woo
her one more time by saying:

“Such a pretty crow must have a

pleasant soothing voice.
Can I request the queen of all birds,
crow, to please sing a song for me?”
The initially skeptical crow
now forgets all her suspicion
and is flattered by the praise
heaped on her by the fox. To
utter her loudest caw, she
opens her mouth big and
wide.
C-C-C-C-C-A-A-A-A-A-W-W-
W-W-W
The cheese falls off the crow’s
beak straight down into the
fox’s open mouth.

The fox cheekily thanks the

crow and walks away,
relishing on the cheese.
 Moral Of The Story:

Never fall for flattering words.

In this story, the crow gets
influenced by the fox and is
blinded by false appreciation.