A Foolish Crow and a cunning Fox

There was a crow in a tree with a piece of meat in its beak. A hungry fox sat under the tree looking for meal. Suddenly it looked up in the tree and found the crow sitting there with a piece of meat in its beak. If felt tempted to have the piece of meat. But the crow was out of its reach. So it hit upon a plan. It started praising the crow saying that it can sing very well. "What a nice voice you have! But why are you keeping silent ? Can't you sing sweetly like other crows?" So profoundly the cunning fox said all these to the crow. The crow became very glad hearing that it has sweet voice.Besides , the fox's suspicion inspired it to prove its ability. So, the crow started cawing loudly. But as soon as it started cawing, the piece of meat fell from its beak on the ground. Without wasting a single moment, the fox ate up the piece of meat. The foolish crow could realize its fault. It stole the piece of meat from a butcher's shop risking its life. But now it had nothing to do except watching the result of its hard labour being snatched away.