00:00The Fox and the Crow
00:02A version of the tale by TheFableCottage.com
00:06Early one morning, a fox is walking through the woods.
00:13He is hungry and he is looking for something to eat.
00:17He sees a crow sitting on the highest branch of a tree.
00:21The crow has a piece of cheese in her beak.
00:25Mmm, I love cheese, thinks the fox.
00:30I think I've found my breakfast, but how can I get the cheese?
00:36He thinks and thinks.
00:40Then he has a clever idea.
00:43I will make her talk.
00:47He sits at the bottom of the tree and looks up at the crow.
00:52Good morning, Miss Crow, he says.
00:56It's a lovely day, isn't it?
01:00The crow looks down at the fox.
01:03She says nothing.
01:05I said good morning, says the fox.
01:10Did you hear me?
01:12Maybe you can't hear me up there.
01:15The crow is suspicious.
01:17She holds the cheese tightly in her beak and says nothing.
01:24Hmm, this is not so easy, thinks the fox.
01:27But he doesn't give up.
01:29He smiles at the crow.
01:32You know, you really are the most beautiful bird, he says.
01:38Your feathers are so shiny.
01:41Your eyes are so intelligent.
01:45Your beak is so, um, pointy.
01:49Everything about you is perfect.
01:52Still, the crow says nothing.
01:56So the fox says,
01:58Tell me, Miss Crow, is your voice also magnificent?
02:03I hear that you have the most wonderful voice.
02:07Please sing for me, just one song.
02:11Then I can tell everyone you really are the most incredible bird.
02:15The queen of all birds, in fact.
02:19This makes the crow feel good.
02:23She wants everyone to know she has a wonderful voice.
02:27She wants everyone to know that she is the queen of all birds.
02:31She smiles a little smile.
02:34Then she smiles a big smile.
02:38Then she opens her mouth to sing her best song for the fox.
02:43And, whoop!
02:45The cheese drops out of her beak and falls straight into the mouth of the fox.
02:51He swallows it in one gulp.
02:54Whoop!
02:55Mmm!
02:57Thank you for the delicious breakfast, Miss Crow.
03:00Will laughs the fox as he walks away.
03:04Have a lovely day!
03:09Moral
03:10Beware of flatterers.
03:12They often want something from you.
