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The Dinner Party

(English Little Story)

Once there lived a fox and a crane in a forest. One day the cunning fox invited the crane for a dinner. The crane accepted the invitation and went to the fox’s place at sunset.

The fox had prepared Soup for dinner. When the crane sat down to eat, the fox brought two bowls of hot soup. The fox started to enjoy the soup.

But the crane could not drink the soup from the bowl with its long beak. If waited for the fox to finish the dinner and bid goodbye. It had to get back home hungry.

After a few days, the crane invited the fox for a dinner. The fox agreed and went to the crane’s house well in time. The crane gave him a warm welcome. It served the soup in a Jar with a long and narrow neck.

The crane enjoyed the soup using his long beak. The fox’s mouth couldn’t reach the soup through the narrow neck of the jar. It tried hard, but could not drink the soup. Then the crane brought a bowl of soup and said to the fox, “When I came to your house for dinner, you served me soup in a bowl, which I could not drink. I wanted to teach you a lesson. That is why I first served soup in a jar. Please drink the soup now and go home happily”.

The fox realized his mistake and drank the soup. From then on both became good friends.