he Fox that Lost his Tail,
Or, Do not Follow every Fashion you see.
A young fox
who went to steal chickens in a farmyard, got his beautiful bushy tail caught
in a trap.
Finding it
impossible to get away, he bit off his tail and ran home, feeling very much
ashamed of his appearance when the other foxes laughed.
“Tails are
quite out of fashion,” he said, as they went on laughing.
“They are no
use, and dangerous, too. You can run faster without them. Why not cut them off
as I have done?”
Some of the
smart young foxes were eager to be in the fashion; but a wise old one slyly
said, “We will wait till we are caught in traps before we bite off our tails.”
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