STORY TIME-THE WOLF AND A CRANE

THE WOLF AND A CRANE

NARRATOR-ONE DAY A HUNGRY WOLF WAS EATING PREY SO RAPIDLY THAT A BONE GOT STUCK IN HIS THROAT. HE RAN AROUND THE FOREST HOWLING IN PAIN.

WOLF-“PLEASE HELP ME, I WILL REWARD HANDSOMELY. ANYONE, WHO REMOVES THE BONE FROM MY THROAT.”

NARRATOR-A PASSING CRANE TOOK PITY ON THE WOLF. EVEN THOUGH, THE TASK WAS DANGEROUS. THE LURE OF THE PROFIT MOTIVATES HIM TO HELP. SO HE DECIDED TO HELP HIM.

CRANE-“I WILL HELP YOU BUT YOU NEED TO STAY STILL I’LL LOOK DOWN YOUR THROAT AND THEN REMOVE THE BONE.

NARRATOR-AS PROMISED, THE CRANE DID HIS JOB.

CRANE-“NOW GIVE ME MY REWARD!”

WOLF- “REWARD! WHAT REWARD? YOU GREEDY FELLOW. YOU HAD YOUR HEAD IN MY THROAT AND INSTEAD OF EATING YOU UP, I LET YOU GO UNHARMED. THAT SHOULD BE REWARD ENOUGH FOR YOU. GO AWAY OR I’LL CRUSH YOU.”

NARRATOR-THE CRANE WALKED AWAY DISAPPOINTED. ALTHOUGH HE FELT HAPPY THAT HE HAD HELPED IN SAVING SOMEONE’S LIFE.

MORAL- THAT ONE CAN NOT TRUST THE CUNNING OF A WOLF.