The Fox Without a Tail
The
Fox Without a Tail
It happened that a Fox
caught its tail in a trap, and in struggling to release himself lost all of it
but the stump. At first, he was ashamed to show himself among his fellow foxes.
But at last, he determined to put a bolder face upon his misfortune and
summoned all the foxes to a general meeting to consider a proposal which he had
to place before them. When they had assembled together the Fox proposed that
they should all do away with their tails. He pointed out how inconvenient a
tail was when they were pursued by their enemies, the dogs, how much it was in
the way when they desired to sit down and hold a friendly conversation with one
another. He failed to see any advantage in carrying about such a useless
encumbrance. “That is all very well,” said one of the older foxes, “but I do
not think you would have recommended us to dispense with our chief ornament if
you had not happened to lose it yourself.” Distrust interested advice.
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