Once a crow stole a bag of ten masal vadas from a small boy carrying the vadas from the shop to his home.
It sat on a tree and started day dreaming as to how the vadas will be tasty and how he can enjoy the whole treat all by itself
Suddenly its dream was interrupted by a harsh voice
The crow opened its eyes and to its dismay saw a hungry mean looking fox standing below the tree and looking up at the crow
The crow demanded what the fox was doing down right under its nose
The fox became very submissive and politely replied that the sweet smell of the vadas brought it under the tree
And he began begging the crow stating that he can never get such vadas in his life time and requested the crow to give him only one vada for him to taste
The crow looked at the helpless fox and threw one vada down to the fox hoping that the fox will go away
The crow wanted to be alone to eat and enjoy the vadas
The fox was intruding into its privacy
But the fox slowly ate the vada enjoying its taste in full
Then he lifted his head and thanked the crow for this generosity
The crow wished that the fox will go away immediately
To the contrary the fox remained where he stayed and looking up at the crow started begging
He told the crow how the vada was very sweet and slowly added that the crow may give the fox one more vada as the first vada has kindled his appetite
He repeated his request with great praise for the crow's culture of sharing its loot with its fraternity
The crow not knowing what to do threw one more vada to get rid of this nuisnace
The fox ate that vada also relishing its taste
Then looked up at the crow thanking profusely told the crow that one more vada will help him to satisfy his craving for this vada
The crow growing impatient threw another vada down
The fox ate the third vada also with great happiness
Then slowly he started addressing the crow saying that the crow can give him one more vada making it to four and the crow can eat the remaining vadas
The crow became restless and with hesitation threw the fourth vada also to the fox
The fox ate that vada also
He started explaining to the crow that as they are now friends and as there were ten vadas originally each can have five vadas equally
The crow became annoyed but not knowing any other way out threw the fifth vada down
The fox ate the fifth vada
Now the happy fox was very grateful to the crow and it declared that the crow is a very magnanimous person and very reasonable
He demanded that as he is very big in size, bigger than the crow, the crow can reasonably divide the ten vadas into six and four and be fair in its deal
The angry crow threw the six vada to the fox
The fox ate it too and bargained that the crow being very small can do with just three vadas whereas due to his size he may be given the seventh vada like a gentleman
The crow lost its senses and in despair threw the seventh vada also down
The fox ate the seventh vada
He looked at the crow searchingly and finally informed the crow that the crow can have two vadas and give only one vada to the fox
The crow became mad with the arguments of the fox and threw one more vada to the fox
The eighth vada was also consumed by the fox
The fox started arguing that there are only two vadas remaining and it is only fair to share it equally among the two as they are very good friends
The ninth vada also has gone into the stomach of the fox
The fully satisfied fox thanked the crow profusely for its kindness
He added that the crow can at any time get such good vadas but that the fox can never dream of getting such vadas in its life time
He openly proclaimed what the crow will do with one vada when he has willingly given nine vadas to a friend
And the provoked crow wept and in bitterness threw the last vada also and flew away
The sweet tongued fox had the tenth vada also
Now please tell me few morals from this story after reading it again
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