The Eagle And The Fox
An Eagle and a Fox formed an intimate friendship and decided to live
near each other. The Eagle built her nest in the branches of a tall
tree, while the Fox crept into the underwood and there produced her
young. Not long after they had agreed upon this plan, the Eagle, being
in want of provision for her young ones, swooped down while the Fox
was out, seized upon one of the little cubs, and feasted herself and
her brood. The Fox on her return, discovered what had happened, but
was less grieved for the death of her young than for her inability
to avenge them. A just retribution, however, quickly fell upon the
Eagle. While hovering near an altar, on which some villagers were
sacrificing a goat, she suddenly seized a piece of the flesh, and
carried it, along with a burning cinder, to her nest. A strong breeze
soon fanned the spark into a flame, and the eaglets, as yet unfledged
and helpless, were roasted in their nest and dropped down dead at
the bottom of the tree. There, in the sight of the Eagle, the Fox
gobbled them up.
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