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The Crow and The Fox Poem

The poem tells the story of a crow that is tricked by a cunning fox. The crow is perched in a tree with a piece of cheese in its beak. A fox approaches the crow pretending to be lost and flatters the crow, saying how powerful and great it looks. The crow enjoys the flattery so much that it forgets about its cheese. When the crow opens its beak to sing, the fox grabs the cheese and tells the crow it was silly to lose the cheese while digesting the praises. The fox outsmarts the crow and tricks it using flattery.

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The Crow and The Fox Poem

The poem tells the story of a crow that is tricked by a cunning fox. The crow is perched in a tree with a piece of cheese in its beak. A fox approaches the crow pretending to be lost and flatters the crow, saying how powerful and great it looks. The crow enjoys the flattery so much that it forgets about its cheese. When the crow opens its beak to sing, the fox grabs the cheese and tells the crow it was silly to lose the cheese while digesting the praises. The fox outsmarts the crow and tricks it using flattery.

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Note from the author:

This poem is a fairly close


translation to the original in Spanish

A smug, cocky and happy crow


within his beak had a piece of cheese,
when it was over the winter and snow
stood up on the branches of the trees.

By following the smell


a smart and cunning fox
approached him very well
pretending to be lost.

‘Have a wonderful afternoon,


you look powerful and great,
here is a fox, a little loon
who talks to you straight:

I dislike all kind of praises,


but if there’s a nice gurgle,
that is yours, in all the cases,
I swear to God and I crumble,
cause like a Phoenix with its grace
you look great, and I, humble!’

When hearing the speech  Write sentences, phrases or even paragraphs from the
with such a flattering thing, poem that support these statements:
but forgetting about his cheese,
the crow wanted to sing. a) One cannot trust sycophants

While opening his black beak


staring at him was the fox.
The crow dropped his cheese
and almost felt onto the rocks.
b) The fox was a flatterer, and the crow didn’t realize.
The cunning fox grabbed the cheese
and said to the little crow:
‘Sir, how silly of you to lose this piece.
While I’m digesting it slow
you digest the praises in peace
but no cheese, no food and no glow’ c) The fox was actually really cunning

Félix María de Samaniego


(born Oct. 12, 1745, Basque Country, Spain—died
Aug. 11, 1801, Basque Country) d) The crow liked to be praised
Poet whose books of fables for schoolchildren
have a grace and simplicity that has won them a
place as the first poems that Spanish children learn
to recite in school.

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