The Fox And The Raven|روباه وکلاغ

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I remember when I was in the third grade of primary school, there was a poem in our book;

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A raven saw a mould of cheese, grabbed it with her beak, flew away, and sat on a tree branch.

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The clever fox was passing by and saw the shape of cheese, and of course, he wanted to have that.

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The artful fox went closer to the tree and said to the raven: “Wow, I am amazed by your black feathers. There is no colour higher than black. If you could sing too, I believe you would be the most beautiful and number one bird in the world.”

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The raven became senseless of all those incredible compliments and decided to sing for the fox to prove to him that she was the number one of all kinds of birds.

The raven opened her beak and started to croak. The mould of cheese fell off her beak into the fox’s mouth. The fox ate the cheese, laughed, and ran away.

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The fox deceived the raven, and all those tributes were to own the cheese. But it was too late to regret as the cheese was gone.

We never saw a fox trying to steal cheese from a raven, but we saw hundreds of people, governments, companies, and …, trying to deceive us in many different ways to manipulate us. That story reminds us not to be a fool and to be careful.

 

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  1. inhiscare753
    February 27, 2020 • 8:13 am

    Thanks for sharing!!! Laleh this is a creative and wise story. The fox had an agenda in those flirty words. Cheese.

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  3. crispina kemp
    February 27, 2020 • 8:19 am

    It is an excellent tale, with a meaning worth heeding

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  4. equipsblog
    February 27, 2020 • 8:25 am

    A wise story and a wise girl who learned a good lesson. 🙂

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  6. hassanmosleh
    February 27, 2020 • 9:23 am

    Nicely penned. and loved your point of the moral at the end.

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  7. JOY journal
    February 27, 2020 • 9:32 am

    Perhaps the fox turned out to be lactose intolerant. We can only hope. 🙂

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  8. padmajaramesh
    February 27, 2020 • 9:36 am

    True factual.
    Most of us have experienced in our lives.

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  9. Sunith
    February 27, 2020 • 10:35 am

    When unwarranted praise comes, you know it is the fox 🙂

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  10. freiedenkerin
    February 27, 2020 • 11:46 am

    I know this story from my childhood days too, and I also think of it very often since some years, facing the false games politicians etc. are playing on us…

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  11. utahan15
    February 27, 2020 • 12:08 pm

    use
    manipulate
    sometimes
    just like
    force
    is needed
    to get the simple
    basics
    done
    and yet despite
    that fact
    nobody
    wants
    to be the fool
    due to simple pure vanity
    see?

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  12. Rosaliene Bacchus
    February 27, 2020 • 1:15 pm

    An important life lesson told through a simple story.

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  13. fantasynovel1
    February 27, 2020 • 1:53 pm

    poor raven…Thank you for sharing this tale it teach us not to be stupid

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  14. Michelle
    February 27, 2020 • 2:33 pm

    So many people have an agenda and it’s all for themselves. This is such a great post! I remember reading that in school and to my daughter.

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  15. ivor20
    February 27, 2020 • 5:33 pm

    A powerful and very poignant article …loved your analogy…💙🌏

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  17. Dewin Nefol
    February 27, 2020 • 9:06 pm

    Hey Laleh, how are you?

    Who’d have thought a wily fox outsmarted a cunning Raven?

    Another succinct story greatly enjoyed, thank you. The message is clear: flattery, unless sincere, is just deception and illusion. None of us should be so easily fooled but all too frequently we are. But there is always hope that we live and learn and don’t fall for the rhetoric of those that seek only to fool us with deceit again.

    I very much enjoyed the image of the story book and the photographs accompanying the tale. Thanks for posting!

    Hoping all is well. Enjoy a wonderful weekend. Take care,

    DN

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  18. Sonrisa (Crissy)
    February 28, 2020 • 4:13 am

    Vanity!
    There are so many “ foxes” wise to be alert.
    Thank you Laleh. Love your stories 💜

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  20. Alexander Lautsyus
    March 2, 2020 • 10:28 am

    This is one of Aesop’s Fables which was written sometime in 1st century of the Common Era. The idea is too old but even today it is still relevant.

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  21. fulvialuna1
    March 2, 2020 • 12:08 pm

    Anche nella nostra cultura letteraria esiste questa favola.
    Ma chi veramente ruba è il potere degli uomini su altri uomini.

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  22. bigskybuckeye
    March 6, 2020 • 10:15 pm

    Well-crafted illustration! Sadly, the world needs to keep a watchful our for the cunning and sly “foxes” who lurk in the shadows.c

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  23. Jonathan Caswell
    March 9, 2020 • 5:46 pm

    Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
    AND PRIDE—IS EASILY DECEIVED BY FLATTERY!

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  24. janetsm
    March 18, 2020 • 12:01 pm

    Another good story and lesson for everyone, Laleh.

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  25. johnranjit
    April 27, 2020 • 11:08 pm

    Good day ma’am , Do you have an insta or fb id for your page ?

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