القصة 76 | الخداع

One bright evening as the sun was sinking on a glorious world, a wise old Cock flew into a tree to roost. Before he composed himself to rest, he flapped his wings three times and crowed loudly. But just as he was about to tuck his head under his wing, his beady eyes caught a flash of red and a glimpse of a long, pointed nose, and there just below him stood Master Fox.

"Have you heard the wonderful news?" cried the Fox in a very joyful and excited manner.

"What news?" asked the Cock very calmly.

"Your family and mine and all other animals have agreed to forget their differences and live in peace and friendship from now on forever. Just think of it! I simply cannot wait to embrace you! Do come down, dear friend, and let us celebrate the joyful event."

"How grand!" said the Cock. "I certainly am delighted at the news." But he spoke in an absent way, and stretching up on tiptoes, seemed to be looking at something afar off.

"What is it you see?" asked the Fox a little anxiously.

"Why, it looks to me like a couple of dogs coming this way. They must have heard the good news and—"

But the Fox did not wait to hear more. Off he started on a run.

"Wait," cried the Cock. "Why do you run? The Dogs are friends of yours now!"

"Yes," answered the Fox. "But they might not have heard the news. Besides, I have a very important errand that I had almost forgotten about."

The Cock smiled as he buried his head in his feathers and went to sleep, for he had succeeded in outwitting a very crafty enemy.

Moral: The trickster is easily tricked.

Nouns:
evening
sun
world
Cock
tree
roost
wings
times
head
wing
eyes
flash
red
glimpse
nose
Master
Fox
news
manner
family
mine
animals
differences
peace
friendship
friend
event
way
tiptoes
dogs
run
Dogs
friends
errand
feathers
sleep
enemy
trickster
Total Nouns: 38

Verbs:
sinking
flew
roost
composed
rest
flapped
crowed
tuck
caught
stood
heard
cried
asked
agreed
forget
live
think
wait
embrace
come
celebrate
said
delighted
spoke
stretching
looking
see
asked
looks
coming
heard
wait
started
run
cried
run
answered
heard
have
forgotten
smiled
buried
went
succeeded
outwitting
Total Verbs: 45

Adjectives:
bright
glorious
wise
old
beady
pointed
wonderful
joyful
excited
calmly
delighted
absent
afar
anxious
important
crafty
Total Adjectives: 16

Adverbs:
loudly
very
very
calmly
very
anxiously