FOX AND A DONKEY
A fox lived in a forest and a
donkey lived in a village became friends. Daily the fox will come to the forest
boundary and wait for the donkey. The donkey in the village goes to the forest
boundary to meet its friend fox. Their friendship grew very strong.
One day, the donkey said to the
fox, “ Dear fox! In my village there is a big cucumber –yard. As it is a season
for cucumber many big cucumbers are there. If you come at night to the yard we
can enjoy feeding on it happily.”
On hearing the donkey’s word the
fox’s mouth secreted saliva. It said, “ Dear donkey! I don’t know the place where the cucumber-yard is!
So, Please take me to the yard.”
The donkey said, “ Tomorrow night
I’ll come here and wait for you in this same place. Then I’ll take you to the
yard where we can enjoy our dinner.”
The next night the fox came an
hour before and waited for the donkey
very eagerly. The donkey came at time
and asked mockery, ‘ From last night are you staying here!”
The fox laughed and hurried the
donkey to take it to the yard. Both conversed on the way and reached the yard. The fox was very happy to
see a beautiful and plenty of cucumber in the yard. Both stared to feed. While feeding the fox started to dream, “ I
have to shift my house permanently into the village border. There I have to
choose any of the barren houses as my residence. There I could take rest in the
day and feed at night in the cucumber-yard.
The donkey said, “ Dear friend!
Please stop and come out of the yard. It time for us to return to our place.”
The fox in the dream came out on
hearing the donkey’s voice. Both went back to their places.
The following morning the farmer
came to his yard. He found in a particular place that some creepers were
plucked and cucumber were missing. He recognized that some animals had entered
his yard the last night. So to find and punish the culprit he thought to stay
in the yard that night.
The fox was very eager to feed on
cucumber and waited for its friend. The donkey came. Both happily rushed to the
cucumber-yard.
Meantime the farmer came to the yard.
The fox started to feed very fast.
The donkey fed slowly. With half stomach it said to the fox, “ I am very happy
and now I’m in a mood to sing a song.
Dear friend! Please hear my song.”
The fox said, “It’s not the time to
sing. We’re stealing the cucumber. The people are sleeping in the village. Now,
the village is in a pin-drop silence. If you sing surely it will cause a great
danger for our lives.”
The donkey silently ate for a
while. It wanted to express its joy. So, It started to bray.
The farmer in the yard heard the
donkey’s bray. He rushed to the place. The fox heard somebody is nearing them.
suddenly it hid itself into the cucumber- yard. The farmer saw the donkey’s
back. He gave a strong blow on its back. With pain it turned around. It was
shocked to see the farmer there. Immediately,
It searched its friend fox. It couldn’t find. It thought, because of my
foolishness I was caught and got a blow. Thinking so, with pain in started to
run. The cunning fox escaped from the
farmer’s blow.
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