The Fox and
the Goat
Now on to my next story! I want to tell you about a fox
named Leo and a goat named Harry. In this story, my
grandchildren, you will learn to not trust just anyone. I want
you to know that not everyone is as good as they may seem.
One day, Leo was doing water aerobics in the ocean. He was
running sprints and doing jumping jacks. All of a sudden a huge wave
came upon him. It picked him up and dropped him in the middle of
ocean. He was trying to stay above water so he wouldn't drown.
"Help me! Help me!" Leo shouted.
He looked around, hoping to see someone who could help him.
Finally, he saw a ship from a distance. It was a ship covered in
fur. The name of this large boat was "Hairy Titanic." The
owner of this boat was Harry the goat.
"Over here! Over here!" Leo cried.
The ship kept on going, and nobody saw the fox thrashing in the water.
Finally, Leo gave out
a girly shrill, shouting, "AHHHHHHHH!!!!"
The ship started to turn around, and see what was going on. On
the
ship, standing on his wooden leg, was Harry the goat. Harry was
dressed in his purple speedo. He had braces and a smile as
big as the sun.
He noticed a fox shouting for help.
"What is going on over here?" Harry asked. "I thought I heard a girl
screaming."
"I am about to drown in the water! Please help me out!" Leo shouted.
Harry was always very helpful to anyone in need. He trusted
everyone and never thought anyone would try to harm him. So he
was thinking of possible ways he could help this seemingly poor little
fox.
Harry decided to go grab a floatation device to try and help Leo.
Harry finally found a pair of his floaties. The floaties had Elmo
on them. However, once he started to air them up, he realized
there was a hole in both of them. So, that wasn't going to work.
Finally, Harry
realized his only option was to put his wooden leg out and have Leo
grab onto
it.
So Harry said, "Take my wooden leg and I will pull you up, but don't
pull me
in with you!"
Harry put his leg out in the ocean so Leo could grab onto it. Leo
grabbed onto it, but Harry wasn't strong enough to get him all the way
up. Leo decided to take charge and grab the leg hard and yank Harry
into the ocean and use him as leverage to get into the boat.
Harry ended up adrift in the ocean, trying to survive, as Leo was on
the
boat sipping a margarita. Leo ended up getting drunk and driving
the boat away, as Harry struggled to stay above the water.
"Come back here, you girly-man! I want my Hairy Titanic back!" Harry
shouted.
Don't trust strangers, especially foxes you find at random in the
ocean!
Now, mini-gorillas, don't you see, I want you to be very careful.
Some animals may come off sweet and innocent, but don't put your trust
in them if you don't really know them. It's a crazy world out
there! The next story I will tell you is about a boy who cried
wolf. It will make you realize that liars do not get rewarded.
Image Information
This is a picture of a fox. The phot was taken December 19, 2005
by Jeff Duntemann.
Weblink: Fox
Second Image Information
This is a picture of a goat with braces. It was created by
image-fun on a blogging web site.
Weblink: Goat with
Braces
Bibliography Information:
Story Title: The Fox and the Goat
Book Title: Aesop’s Fables
Book Author: Joseph Jacobs
Year: 1894
Web Source: The
Fox and the Goat
Author's Note: The original story about the Fox and the
Goat is quite different from my story. Even though the moral of
the story is basically the same, but the way that the fox took
advantage of the goat was different in the original story. In
Joseph Jacobs' version, the
fox falls into a well. He realizes that he is stuck in the well
and cannot get out. He sees a goat walk by and tells him to come
down into the well because the water is so wonderful and plentiful, and
it must be shared. So, without hesitation, the goat hops into the
well. The fox then uses him as a ladder to get himself out of the
well. As a result, the the goat is stuck in the well.
I changed the story so that the fox gets hit by a wave and carried out
into the depths of the ocean. After, he realizes he may not get
out, he screams for help. As the goat comes to help him, the fox
decides the only way to get out of the water is to pull the goat into
the ocean and use his body to jump up onto the ship. The goat is
then left in the ocean, and the fox takes off with the boat.
I had the old man gorilla telling the story once again to his
grandchildren. It is yet another story the grandchildren can
learn from. This story involved a different type of lesson
compared to the first story. The first story was a positive
lesson about good behavior, while this story is a negative lesson about
bad and foolish behavior. Overall, in the Aesop's Fables, these
negative lessons are much more common than the positive ones!
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