Once, while the cockerel was giving a long “cock-a-doodle-doo”, a weasel walked
up behind him. “You are a
very good singer,” the weasel
purred, “but I know a cockerel that can sing perfectly while
standing on one leg.”
“That's
easy!” said the vain cockerel, doing the same.
“Ah, but he also shuts his eyes!”
“I can do that too!”
And
while the cock was showing off in this fashion, the weasel
carried him off into the woods to eat him.
When mealtime arrived,
the weasel held the cockerel still with his paws and ....
“Didn't anyone teach you
to say grace before eating?” the cockerel interrupted.
“Of course they did!” said the weasel,
lifting his paws to put them together.
The cockerel didn't hesitate, but
flew straight up to a
high branch. The weasel was determined not to give
up a meal, so he picked up a dry leaf and pretended to read
it.
“It's
a letter from the king!” he murmured
and turned to the cockerel. “I
don't understand a single word of it. Why don't you read it to
me?”
“Gladly,”
replied the cockerel, “but some
other time would be better. I can see a group of hunters
coming.”
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