A fox was once passing by a well after sunset. It had been
dark. She he did not notice the well. He slipped in to the well. He remained
there all the night and suffered much. Somehow he saved himself from drowning.
Near that well there lived a villager. The villager had a goat. The goat was
quite foolish. In the morning while grazing about, she went near the well. The
fox on seeing the goat said, “Come friend, you have not tasted such clear and
sweet water in your life as you may find in this well. I have drunk and drunk
and yet want to drink.” The foolish goat was a bit thirsty. She could not check
herself. She at once jumped into the well. The fox got upon the head of the
goat and got out of the well.
