A fox saw a young bird on the branch of a tree. The bird had some food in its mouth. The fox wanted this food.
'You are a beautiful bird,' the fox said.'But can you sing?'
'Of course I can sing,' the bird thought. 'The fox is very stupid. All birds can sing.'
The bird opened its mouth and began to sing. It dropped the food from its mouth and the fox caught it.
'Yes, you can sing,' the fox said, 'and you are very beautiful. But you are not clever.'
And the fox ran away with the bird`s food in its mouth.
--Reading With Understanding, Methold.K--
