A WOLF AND A CRANE

Then he went to the crane and said, "Good morning, Crane. Will you help me to do something?"

   "What help do you want of me?" asked the crane.

   "I have a bone stuck in my throat. You have a long bill, and so you can draw it out." said the wolf.

   "If you do that for me, I will give you a reward."

   "Let me try." said the crane. "It is not difficult for me to do so."

The wolf opened his mouth wide. The crane put her bill in and drew out the bone.

   "Now will you give me your reward, please?" the crane asked the wolf.

   "Reward?" said the wolf.

   "Don't talk about that. You should be thankful to me.

   Although you put your head into my mouth, I did not bite it off.

   What more do you want ?".

THE ANT AND THE DOVE

One hot day, an ant was searching for some water. After walking around for some time, she came to a spring.

To reach the spring, she had to climb up a blade of grass. While making her way up, she slipped and fell into the water.

She could have drowned if a dove up a nearby tree had not seen her. Seeing that the ant was in trouble, the dove quickly plucked off a leaf and dropped it into the water near the struggling ant. The ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up there. Soon it carried her safely to dry ground.

Just at that time, a hunter nearby was throwing out his net towards the dove, hoping to trap it.

Guessing what he was about to do, the ant quickly bit him on the heel. Feeling the pain, the hunter dropped his net. The dove was quick to fly away to safety.