
Learn English with Stories | A Lesson For Fools
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A Crow in a Tree
This one's called a lesson for fools. A crow sat in a tree, holding in his beak a piece of meat that he had stolen. A fox, which saw him, determined to get the meat. It stood under the tree and began to tell the crow what a beautiful, big bird he was. He would undoubtedly have been made king if only he had a voice as well. So this is a story about false praise, right? False compliments, saying nice things to someone, but falsely, not just not to be kind, not to be good, but to get something from them.
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