Aesop's Fables

The Wolf and_the Crane

aWolf had_been gorging on an animal he had killed, when suddenly asmall bone in_the meat stuck in_his throat and he_could_not swallow it .He soon felt terrible pain in_his throat, and ran up and down groaning and groaning and seeking for something to relieve the pain .He tried to induce every_one he met to remove the bone .` i_would give anything,' said he, ` if_you_would take it out .' At last the Crane agreed to_try, and told the Wolf to lie on_his side and open his jaws as wide as he_could .Then the Crane put its long neck down the Wolf's throat, and with its beak loosened the bone, till at last it got it out .

` will_you kindly give_me the reward you promised ? ' said the Crane .

The Wolf grinned and showed his teeth and said: `Be content . you_have put your head inside aWolf's mouth and taken it out again in safety; that ought_to_be reward enough for_you .'

Gratitude and greed go not together .