THE WOLF AND THE STORK
A greedy wolf got a bone stuck in his throat. Try as he would, he could not get the bone out. At last he lay down to die, as he thought. But just then a stork came that way.
“Good day, Mr. Wolf,” said the stork, kindly.
But the wolf could not answer a word.
The stork soon saw what the matter was, and with his long beak pulled the bone out of the wolf’s throat. Without a word, the greedy wolf sprang up and went on with his dinner.
The stork, who was very hungry, began to pick up a few morsels of meat.
“Be off with you!” snapped the wolf. “How dare you touch my meat!”
“Is that the thanks I get for saving your life?” said the stork.
“Thanks!” answered the wolf, “did I not let you draw your bill out of my jaws in safety? It is you who should be thankful.”