By an unlucky chance a
Fox fell into a deep well
from which he could not
get out. A Goat passed
by shortly afterwards, and
asked the Fox what he
was doing down there.
‘Oh, have you not
heard?’ said the Fox;
‘there is going to be a
great drought, so I
jumped down here in order to be sure to have
water by me. Why don’t
you come down too?’
The Goat thought well of
this advice, and jumped
down into the well. But
the Fox immediately
jumped on her back, and
by putting his foot on her
long horns managed to
jump up to the edge of
the well. ‘Good-bye, friend,’ said the Fox,
‘remember next time,
Moral Lesson: ‘Never trust the advice
of a man in difficulties.’
―
Aesop
