Folk Tale

The Fox and the Crow

Translated From

Κόραξ καὶ ἀλώπηξ

Author	Αἴσωπος
Language	Ancient Greek

Other Translations / Adaptations

Text title	Language	Author	Publication Date
キツネとカラス	Japanese	_	_
A raposa e o corvo	Portuguese	_	_
მელა და ყვავი	Georgian	_	_
La zorra y el cuervo gritón	Spanish	_	_
Гарван и лисица	Bulgarian	Тодор Сарафов	1967
Lapė ir varna	Lithuanian	_	_
Azeria eta erroia	Basque	_	_
U corvu e a vurpi	Sicilian	_	_
De kraai en de vos	Dutch	_	_
De raaf en de vos	Dutch	_	_
La vulp ed il corv	Raeto-Romance	_	_
O havranu, sýru a lišce	Czech	Václav Hollar	1665
Лисиця і Ворона	Ukrainian	_	_
وقف السيد غراب على شجرة	Arabic	محمد أحمد الديب	_
Kettu ja korppi	Finnish	_	_
בת העורב והשועל	Hebrew	_	_
Krkavec a liška	Czech	František Bartoš	_

Author	Vernon Jones
ATU	57
Language	English
Origin	Greece

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A crow was sitting on a branch of a tree with a piece of cheese in her beak when a fox observed her and set his wits to work to discover some way of getting the cheese. Coming and standing under the tree he looked up and said, "What a noble bird I see above me! Her beauty is without equal, the hue of her plumage exquisite. If only her voice is as sweet as her looks are fair, she ought without doubt to be queen of the birds." The crow was hugely flattered by this, and just to show the fox that she could sing she gave a loud caw. Down came the cheese, of course, and the fox, snatching it up, said, "You have a voice, madam, I see. What you want is wits."

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