A fox observing a fish cart coming, lay

down and pretended to be dead.

The cart man, tempted by the idea of

making some money by selling the

fox's fur, picked up the animal by its

tail and flung it into the back of the

cart among the fish.

Then he resumed his journey. The fox

ate his fill of the fish and jumped out

of the cart.

A wolf saw him jumping out and

asked him what he had been doing in

it. The fox told him and also how he

had got into it in the first place.

The wolf ran ahead of the cart and lay

down in its path, pretending to be

dead.

The cart man was delighted to find

another animal to sell, but he found

the animal too heavy to lift.

So he pushed it into a sack, tied the

sack to his cart and dragged it away.

Moral: What works for one may not

work for another.