One day a crow (乌鸦) finds a piece of meat. She picks it up in her mouth and flies to a tall tree. She is just going to eat the meat when a fox sees her. He comes and stands under the tree and says, “How pretty you are! You must be the prettiest bird in the world.”
The crow is very pleased by these words. Then the fox speaks again, “I can see your pretty face, but I have not heard your voice. Why don’t you sing a song?”
This makes the crow very happy. She opens her mouth and begins to sing. As she opens her mouth, she drops the meat. The fox picks up the meat at once and goes away with it.