the catch...

by human being

illustrations by rhoda penmarq

fox was passing under cypress tree when something dropped down in front of him...   it was a large piece of cheese!   he looked up:   crow was sitting on the tip of the tree... looking down...   fox was suspicious: eh? what does this mean? what about that old fable? this should be me luring her to drop the cheese... why is she offering this large piece to me? i even didn't see her and her cheese... is this a trap? perhaps this cheese is poisonous... or maybe she wants to get something bigger from me in return?   crow was still looking down... fox looked at the cheese and crow several times... at last he ignored both of them and continued on his way...   when he was far enough, crow swooped down and snatched the cheese off the ground...   - phew! thought i have lost my precious catch... it's so heavy i cannot hold it in my beak properly... thank heavens this one didn't like cheese!