1、,Splashing so carefree as a child come pouri,d not yet forgiven the crow for depriving him of the young magpies, so he carried the crow to the edge of the precipice and threw him over, intending to go round by a path he knew and pick him up at the bottom. But no sooner had the fox let the crow go th

2、an he soared up into the air, and hovering just out of,though deeply grieved for the loss of his little one, found some comfort in the thought that only a bird of e traordinary wisdom would have dreamed of saving the rest by the sacrifice of the one. But what do you thi nk happened? Why, a few days

3、later, Michael the fox might have been seen sitting under the very same tr ee, and a dreadful pang shot through the heart of the magpie as he peeped at him from a hole in the nest He sat on the edge of his nest, his head drooping and his feathers all ruffled, looking the picture of misery Indeed he

4、was so different from the gay, jaunty magpie whom every creature in the forest knew, that a cro w who was flying past, stopped to inquire what was the matter. Where are the two young ones who are no The next morning the fox came to his usual place in front of the tree, for he was hungry, and a nice

5、young magpie would have suited him very well for dinner. But this time there was no cowering, timid magpie to do his bidding, but a bird with his head erect and a determined voice.,The Lion commanded Him immediately Tell him the cure,But no sooner had the fox let the crow and hovering just out of teach of his en Ah, fox! you know well how to catch, twee