Fox and Crow Are Not Friends (4 page)

Fox fumed.

He did not like flying up

in the air. He did not like losing.

He did not like Crow

He plotted a way to get even

with her.

For his plan, he needed three things—

a scarecrow,

a piece of cheese,

and a birdcage.

Step one was easy.

There was a scarecrow

in the cornfield.

Step two was a little harder.

He did not know where Crow kept

finding all that cheese!

He looked in burrows

and nests

and dens.

Finally he found

a nice piece of cheese

in a little cabin.

Fox found some wood

and built a cage.

Fox’s plan was perfect.

He went to the cornfield.

He hid the birdcage

in a haystack.

He hid himself

in the scarecrow’s clothes.

He held out the cheese

and waited.

Soon, along came Crow.

She spotted the cheese

in the scarecrow’s hand.

Crow landed

on the scarecrow’s hand.

Just as she took the cheese

in her beak, the scarecrow’s hand closed

on her leg.

“I’ve got you now, Crow.

I told you I would get even

with you!”

cried Fox.

Crow could not get away.

Fox shoved Crow

into the birdcage

and locked it tight.