The Farmer and the Fox

Summary

This story is a cautionary tale about revenge and its unforeseen consequences. A Farmer, seeking revenge against a Fox that had been stealing from his poultry yard, captures the Fox and sets its tail on fire, hoping to punish it. However, the plan backfires as the Fox, in its panic, runs into the Farmer's own fields, igniting and destroying his crops during harvest time. The moral of the story highlights the danger of letting anger and the desire for vengeance cloud judgment, as the Farmer's actions ultimately led to his own misfortune rather than satisfaction or justice.

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A Farmer, who bore a grudge against a Fox for robbing his poultry yard, caught him at last, and being determined to take an ample revenge, tied some rope well soaked in oil to his tail, and set it on fire. The Fox by a strange fatality rushed to the fields of the Farmer who had captured him. It was the time of the wheat harvest; but the Farmer reaped nothing that year and returned home grieving sorely.