Mar 20, 2015

The Raven And The Fox

About This Short Story

Title: The Raven And The Fox From “Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks”
Author: Jean de La Fontaine
Illustrator: John Rae
Translator: W.T. (William Trowbridge) Larned
Categories: Fables
Summary: A story about a fox and a raven which urges us not to trust anyone who is trying to deceive us."

The Short Story

Mr. Raven was perched upon a limb,
And Reynard the Fox looked up at him;
For the Raven held in his great big beak
A morsel the Fox would go far to seek.


Said the Fox, in admiring tones: "My word!
Sir Raven, you are a handsome bird.
Such feathers! If you would only sing,
The birds of these woods would call you King."
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The Raven, who did not see the joke,
Forgot that his voice was just a croak.
He opened his beak, in his foolish pride--
And down fell the morsel the Fox had spied.

"Ha-ha!" said the Fox. "And now you see
You should not listen to flattery.
Vanity, Sir is a horrid vice--
I'm sure the lesson is worth the price."

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