A selfish fox once invited a stork to dinner at his home in a hollow
tree. That evening, the stork flew to the fox's home and knocked on
the door with her long beak. The fox opened the door and said, "Please
come in and share my food."
The stork was invited to sit down at the table. She was very hungry
and the food smelled delicious! The fox served soup in shallow bowls
and he licked up all his soup very quickly. However, the stork could
not have any of it as the bowl was too shallow for her long beak. The
poor stork just smiled politely and stayed hungry.
The selfish fox asked, "Stork, why haven't you taken your soup? Don't
you like it?"
The stork replied, "It was very kind of you to invite me for dinner.
Tomorrow evening, please join me for dinner at my home."
The next day, when the fox arrived at the stork's home, he saw that
they were also having soup for dinner. This time the soup was served
in tall jugs. The stork drank the soup easily but the fox could not
reach inside the tall jug. This time it was his turn to go hungry.
MORAL: A selfish act can backfire on you.
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