The Fox and The Woodcutter Long ago, a fox which was being chased by hunters took refuge in the house of a woodcutter and asked him to conceal her. The astonished man agreed, but when the hunters arrived, although, he said that he had not seen the fox. He tried to point out with dramatic gestures, the place where she was hiding. The hunters paid no heed and went on their...

The Fox and The Turtle For want of a better meal, a starving fox once captured a turtle, but it could not manage to breakthrough the solid shell in order to eat it. ‘You should try by putting me in the water for a while to soften me up,’ suggested the shrewd turtle. This sounded an excellent advice to the fox. He carried his prey to the stream and immersed it...

The Fox and The Geese A fox jumped into a flock of geese, ready to eat them all. Feeling generous, he thought he would grant them a last desire. ‘Please let us say our prayers, so we can die in peace,’ they asked. The fox agreed and the first goose began to honk loudly with great feeling. It had not yet finished, when a second goose began to honk, followed by...

Reynard The Fox and The Eels A fisherman was returning home after a day by the river with his cart full of eels. Reynard the fox saw him and immediately thought of a way of getting himself a sumptuous dinner. He lay down in the middle of the road and pretended to be dead. When the fisherman saw him, he fell for the trick. He picked up the fox, convinced that...

The Fox and The Crow One day a fox came across a crow who was perched on a branch with a piece of cheese in its beak. Immediately, the fox began to consider how he might obtain it for himself. ‘You have everything? strength, beauty and wisdom!’ he said flatteringly to the bird. ‘If you only had a beautiful voice, then you would be perfect.’ Not wishing the fox to think...

The Foolish Friends Once a mouse and a frog were close friends. They spent most of their time together. When the frog would go back to the pond, the mouse would miss him. In the same way, the frog grew sad every time the mouse went off in search of food. So they took a rope and tied one end of it around the frog’s leg and the other to the...

The Fisherman and His Flute There was once a fisherman who was also an excellent flute player. One day he took his flute and a fish basket, jumped up on a rock and began to play his flute, convinced, the fish would be enchanted by his music and leap into the basket willingly. Unfortunately, he did not catch a single fish, so went home, collected his net and threw it into...

The Fearful Hunter and The Woodcutter Do you know that many men are very brave while they are talking and are very scared when the time comes to act? There was once a hunter who was going through the woods in search of a bear. He met a woodcutter and asked: ‘My good man, do you happen to have seen the footprints of a bear?’ ‘Yes, I have seen them,’ said...