Aesop's Fables
A
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.