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Le Corbeau et le Renard

The Raven and the Fox

1Le fromage du corbeauThe raven's cheeseFree2m

Master Raven sits on a branch with a cheese in his beak. Master Fox, drawn by the smell, greets him and praises his beauty: if his song matches his feathers, he is the phoenix of these woods. Overjoyed, the raven opens his beak wide to show his fine voice and drops the cheese. The fox takes it and tells him that every flatterer lives at the expense of the one who listens to him, a lesson well worth a cheese. Ashamed, the raven swears, a little late, that he will not be caught again.

Retold from Fables de La Fontaine (Bernardin-Béchet, Paris 1874), Livre premier, II: Le Corbeau et le Renard by Jean de La Fontaine (public domain).

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