THE FOX AND THE STORK.

2 FOX met astork and invited himto dinner.
“With all my heart, friend,” said the
© stork.
~)) | When they arrived at the home of
the fox and dinner was served, he was not so
happy.

The fox had fine hot soup, but he served it in
shallow plates.
-° The poor stork could only stand by and watch
the fox eat.

The fox seemed to think that it was a very good
joke.
The next day the stork met the fox and invited
him to dinner. The stork brought out fine hot soup
in a high narrow necked bottle, but the fox could
not see the joke at all.

The stork said, “Friend fox, enjoy your dinner.
I hope that the soup is as well flavored as yours
was yesterday.”

As he said this he poured out half of the soup
into a bowl and set it before the fox.

The cunning old fox felt so ashamed that he has
never looked anyone straight in the face since that

day.