| | The Fox And The CraneA Fox invited a Crane to supper and provided nothing for his entertainment
 but some soup made of pulse, which was poured out into a broad flat
 stone dish. The soup fell out of the long bill of the Crane at every
 mouthful, and his vexation at not being able to eat afforded the Fox
 much amusement. The Crane, in his turn, asked the Fox to sup with
 him, and set before her a flagon with a long narrow mouth, so that
 he could easily insert his neck and enjoy its contents at his leisure.
 The Fox, unable even to taste it, met with a fitting requital, after
 the fashion of her own hospitality. | 
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