4th Nine Weeks Fluency 2

At one time the Fox and the Stork were on visiting terms and seemed very good friends. So the Fox invited the Stork to dinner, and for a joke put nothing before her but some soup in a very shallow dish. This the Fox could easily lap up, but the Stork could only wet the end of her long bill in it, and left the meal as hungry as wh en she began. “ I am sorry”, said the Fox, “the soup is not to your liking.” “Pray do no t apologize,” said the Stork. “I hope you will return this visit, and come and dine with me soon. ” So a day was appointed when the Fox should visit the Stork; but when they were seated at the table their diner was contained in a very long - necked jar with a narrow mouth, in which the Fox could not insert his snout. All he could manage to do was to lick the outside of the jar. “ I will not apologize for the dinner,” said the Stork “because one bad turn deserves another.” One bad turn deserves another.