Once, a fox and his wife lived in their cave. One day, the wife of the fox desired to eat the hen (of red feather) who lived in their neighbourhood. The fox went to catch the hen after ordering his wife to boil the water. He hid behind a tree and waited for her to cross that way. The fox grabbed her neck and shoved her into a sack. The hen’s friend, the goose, saw what had happened. ‘I must help the hen,’ she thought. The goose lay on the road, pretending to be injured. Seeing the injured bird, greedy fox left the sack to catch the goose. To his surprise, the goose got up and ran farther and farther away.
The fox chased after her. The hen took this opportunity to climb out of the sack and escape. She put a stone inside. Unable to catch the goose, the fox returned. ‘At least I have a hen for dinner,’ he thought. He picked up the sack and hurried home. He turned the sack over the pot of boiling water. “Splash!” The stone spilled hot water on to the greedy fox and burned his paws.
