THE FOX AND THE GOAT

(THE FOX AND THE GOAT)

Once upon a time, a goat and fox lived together, as they were good friends. One day, the fox was going somewhere and it was raining, the fox slipped and fell into a well. He tried his best to come out of the well but did not succeed. His heart began to sink as nothing seemed to save his life. He did not know how to come out of this trouble and death seemed certain.

The goat, on not finding the fox, became anxious and began searching for him. The goat was happy to find here friend in the well. As the fox was cunning, he could not perceive the sincerity of the goat. He told the goat that he was enjoying a bath in the well and invited the goat also to join him in the well. The foolish goat was not able to see through the trick of the fox and jumped into the well to enjoy her self in the water. The cunning fox used the back of the goat and jumped out of the well. Thus, the cunning fox was able to save his life but he sacrificed the life of his true friend. The goat had to pay dearly for her ignorance, innocence and simplicity. She failed to perceive the real intention of the cunning fox who was not her true friend but a selfish friend. The maxim says that being simple is equally criminal as being cunning.

MORAL:-

                         Beware of selfish companions.

                                                  Or

                         Learn to discriminate between

                                    And a false friend