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What is the moral of the story The Fox and the Stork?
“when the Fox lost his temper, the Stork said calmly…” The moral of the fable was, “Do not play tricks on your neighbors unless you can stand the same treatment yourself.” Think about how the moral relates to the characters in the fable.
How did the Stork teach the fox a lesson?
Once a fox invited a crane to dinner. But he made a fool of his guest by putting some soup before him in a flat dish. The crane returned home without eating anything. He therefore, determined to teach the fox a lesson.
In what did the Fox Serve the soup answer?
The correct answer is ‘The soup was served in a shallow bowl’. According to the line given in the passage, the fox said that he could not make a big feast as promised, and just offered some soup When he brought the soup out of the kitchen, the stork saw that it was in a shallow bowl!
In what did the Fox Serve the soup?
The fox served soup in shallow bowls and he licked up all his soup very quickly.
What did the fox do one day to amuse himself?
The Fox one day thought of a plan to amuse himself at the expense of the Stork, at whose odd appearance he was always laughing. “You must come and dine with me today,” he said to the Stork, smiling to himself at the trick he was going to play.
What did the Fox tell the others?
In Bunce’s Mighty Storehouse, what did Mr. Fox tell the others? They must be neat and tidy and take just a few of the choicest morsels.
What is the Fox main problem?
Problems associated with foxes include depredation on domestic animals, perceptions of danger to humans (healthy foxes pose virtually no danger to humans), and their potential to carry disease organisms.
How did the stork serve the stew?
But it was served in a tall jar with a very narrow neck. The Stork could easily get at the food with his long bill, but all the Fox could do was to lick the outside of the jar, and sniff at the delicious odor.
What advice did the stork give the fox?
And when the Fox lost his temper, the Stork said calmly: Do not play tricks on your neighbors unless you can stand the same treatment yourself.
Why did the stork respond to the Fox’s request?
The stork did not respond to the request of the fox, as due to its long beak it could not drink soup from a flat surface. The stork strategically rejected the appeals of the fox because it had received a hint of their joke and diplomatically avoided the awkward situation.
What did the Stork do to the Fox?
When the fox arrived he smelled the delicious stew and looked forward to the meal. When the stew was cooked the stork served it in a tall narrow vase. Now the stork found it easy to eat the delicious food with his long beak, but the poor fox was not able to eat any and went home hungry.
Why did the Fox and the crane entertain each other?
The saying ‘The fox and the crane entertain each other’ had come to mean that tricksters look out for their own advantage, so the two are pictured at the centre of the painting seated before their preferred receptacle. The story’s popularity was further assured after it appeared in La Fontaine’s Fables (I.18).
What did the Fox do with the chicken?
One day a fox stole a chicken from the farmyard and he rushed home to cook it. He removed the feathers and then put the chicken into his big pot. Then he put onions, potatoes and other vegetables into the pot together with the chicken to make a stew. Soon there was a delicious smell coming from the kitchen.