The Eagle And The Fox
Aesop Fable: The Eagle And The Fox
An eagle and a Fox formed an intimate friendship and decided
to live near each other. The Eagle built her nest in
the branches of a tall tree, while the Fox crept into the
underwood and there produced her young. Not long after
they had agreed upon this plan, the Eagle, being in want
of provision for her young ones, swooped down while the
Fox was out, seized upon one of the little cubs, and feasted
herself and her brood.
The Fox on her return, discovered
what had happened, but was less grieved for the death of
her young than for her inability to avenge them. A just
retribution, however, quickly fell upon the Eagle. While
hovering near an altar, on which some villagers were sacrificing
a goat, she suddenly seized a piece of the flesh, and
carried it, along with a burning cinder, to her nest. A strong
breeze soon fanned the spark into a flame, and the eaglets,
as yet unfledged and helpless, were roasted in their
nest and dropped down dead at the bottom of the tree.
There, in the sight of the Eagle, the Fox gobbled them up.
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