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The eagle and the fox

An eagle and a Fox were friends and decided to live near each other. The Eagle built her

nest in a tall tree, while the Fox crept into the underwood and there produced her young. Not

long after that the Eagle, looking for food for her babies, swooped down while the Fox was out,

caught one of the little cubs, and gave it to her babies to eat it. The Fox on her return,
discovered what had happened and was very sad. But punishment came quickly upon the eagle.

One day she saw some villagers sacrificing a goat, and she grabbed a piece of the flesh,

and carried it, along with a burning cinder, to her nest. A strong wind blew and the whole nest
with the babies was set on fire and dropped down dead at the bottom of the tree.

There, in the sight of the Eagle, the Fox ate them up.