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The Fox and The Crow

A Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree.

"That's for me, as I am a Fox," said Master Reynard, and he walked up to the foot of the tree.

"Good day, Mistress Crow," he cried. "How well you are looking today: how glossy your feathers; how bright your eye. I feel sure your voice must surpass that of other birds, just as your figure does; let me hear but one song from you that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds."

The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox.

"That will do," said he. "That was all I wanted. In exchange for your cheese I will give you a piece of advice for the future: "Do not trust flatterers."

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This is agood story .I likes this kinds of storis.
Itis intersting,gives lessones.I think it is funny story,becase the birds do not eat cheese. The important moral from this story is: Dont trust stranger u dont know,be carefull from hidden meaning.
Finely if u trust flaters you will be in trouble.

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I liked this story and I think its true. We need to agree that the fox was really smart, because he got what he wants. Everyday we saw people that eulogize to get something. You need to be careful with these people because they always want something back.

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I THOUGHT THIS STORY WAS VERY INTERESTING AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT TRUST PEOPLE THAT FIRST OF ALL YOU DON’T KNOW AND THAT HE ONLY WANTS TO HURT YOU OR MAKE FUN OF YOU. ALSO YOU SHOULDN’T BELIEVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY TELL YOU.

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This story is interesting. We can learn from this story the moral that we cannot trust strange people easily. I love Aesop stories so I really enjoyed reading it. It is interesting that the main character were animals,not human. This makes the story more interesting. It is important to believe people, but its sometimes no good. The moral has not only a positive meaning, but also a negative meaning. We should think carefully about the moral of this story.

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This story is interesting. I think the fox is very smart. Im amazed that the fox prised the crow to get the cheese. Im similar to the crows position because I believe the persons easily without thinking what they say deeply. Thats why, I think I must be more careful.

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There are lot of people around me. But I cant know who is trustful or not. Its say thing that we cant trust all of people around us. This story tell us one of a method to avoid from embarrassement whit kind of bad person. And this story also give us motivation that we have to know more about to avoid from bad person.

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I think this story is great. This story teaches so important thing when we communicate with another persons by such a short sentences. And, this story is not only short but humorous. I think that, thanks for this, very young children can understand this moral.

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In my lifetime, we can see many people in our society. But it is difficult for us to see through their personalities and ideas. This story suggest the risks which somebody believe others easily. Since there are people to come closer to us in order to deceive us, we must be skeptic to unknowns.

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I think it is very essantail for us.it is true story for our socity.when finesd read the story than i more careful with my friends,classmets and other people.this fable is realy helpfull for us.

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Hello I am Seyeong from UW ESL.
Actually, this story was my first fable that I read in English.
It is extremely short compared to other stories though, I think it has alot of moral.
Basically, most people want to look better than they are.
Therfore, if poeple who are around you tell you only good things, it is very easy to be tricked by them.
Dont trust someome easily, especially becasue of your desire to be better than you are.
I think this kind of fable always can show us how we should live our lives~!

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Hi! My name is Jong-Min. Im from Korea. I think that this storys moral is; "Dont brag! When someone praise you. You shoud humility!" Because of Foxs praise, Crow miss the chance. When you read this fable, you think about yourself. This fable fit me. So i like this story, Because i realized myself. So i can see something to improve myself. Thank you Aesop!

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This story is interesting. We can learn from this story the moral that we cannot trust strange people easily. I love Aesop stories so I really enjoyed reading it. It is interesting that the main character were animals,not human. This makes the story more interesting. It is important to believe people, but its sometimes no good. The moral has not only a positive meaning, but also a negative meaning. We should think carefully about the moral of this story.

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ok... i like this story is a good one and is true. the point is that you shouldnt trust everything people says to you and is worst if you belive someone that you dont know well. thats why the crowl lose his cheese and applying that for life you can run in danger or can have a problem later.....
by Stephanie G......

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This story is interesting. We can learn from this story the moral that we cannot trust strange people easily. I really enjoyed reading it. It is interesting that the main character were animals, not human. This makes the story more interesting. It is important to trust in people, but sometimes is not too good. The moral is really true because you don’t have to trust in the first person you find.

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The main characters are foc and crow.Its very naice choice.Because everybaby know the fox is a cunning animal and the crow havent a good voice.I think this story want to tell ous ,Get to know yourself.If someone praise your something ,dont be happy so easy, you need to think it is sure or not.

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I think, this story tell us very important things.It is that,we have to understand ourselves objectively at any time.If we forgot it,something similar to this fable will happen. We mustnt carry away.

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I think this story very interesting to read.And the most important in this story is we can laern to understand how much important about trust or believe people.This story also teaches you to be a good lesson.

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I interested read this story because there is good moral in the ending of this story. And the story is real, like in the real life. many person like to flatter for get what they want. and many of them just lie, And this story teach us to dont trus in flatterers because they just want to get what they want.

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I think this story is very interesting. It tolds us cannot trust flatterers easily. In th story the fox is stand for the flatterer. The crow is stand for the people who like listen to the flatterer in our life. I hope people can understand this moral of the fable. Do not trust flatterers in th future.

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i think this story is funny and you can learn to much. i think also it is good example for people that you do not trust to anyone that you meet him or her and you should not beleive it, also as we know all that the fox is a big liar and very smart animal.

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hello im fatima from qatar ...
i like this story and i belive it because in life thire is kind of people like the fox they tell you , you have agood thing that you never have to be tricked by them

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this is a funny story. the fox wanted to eat the cheese. the fox used a trick to cheat the crow. however, the crow did not realize that was a trick. so, the crow got a cheat. it means a lot to me. we should be careful strange peoples advice.

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I think this story has many moral, so I like it. First of all we always have to beware of a flatterer. And I think the fox is very smart. If there is something which want to have, lets use ours loaf.

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First, I think the title is interesting because it shows the main characters in the story. Also it has agood moral that we should learn from it."we should not trust anyone in every situations".As well as that, the author had showed his story in a humor way and its good for children.

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