This story is about a fox who tricks three different animals in order to get what he wants. First, he is unable to have grapes, then he uses flattery in order to get the crow to drop his food, then he convinces a goat to jump in a well in order to use the goat to climb out of the well, later we find out that before he played tricks on the crow and the goat, he had tricked the stork out of eating some of the soup he had made. It ends by the three animals tricking the fox by outsmarting him last.

This is the story of a trickster fox. The fox flatters a crow in oder to steal her food and leaves a goat trapped in a well when he tricks her into helping him out. The crow and Goat get revenge on the Fox with the help of a stork who is also upset with the fox. That night at dinner the fox learns that you should be careful who you trick.

I liked this story and found it was a fun way to share some of Aesop's fables with my children. It was easy to follow and understand. The simplicity of the story and the illustrations made it easy to discuss the morals of the stories with my children.

An easy way to introduce fables to an early elementary classroom. Many of these tales are familiar and it gives a chance to see how a creative author can use many ideas to weave a story.

I enjoyed this book for two reasons. First, the plot, which displayed the moral of the story clearly through four fables from Aesop. The plot contained conflict from Fox toward the crow, the goat and stork. Through each encounter a new moral was learned. For example, the last fable was about Stork seeking revenge on Fox for treating goat and crow horribly. Stork made Fox dinner but put the food into a tall slim glass that only Stork could eat having such a long beak. From this the moral of this fable was, one bad turn deserves another. The others were, it is easy to scorn what you can't get, never trust a flatterer and look before you leap. Second, the characters were talking animals that acted like humans, having human like traits. They ate like humans, had emotions and expressed emotions toward one another like humans and wore clothes. The characters were believable and in the situation Fox was, you did not feel bad when the stork, goat and crow seek revenge because you felt emotionally attached and felt bad for them. Overall, the moral of the story is, be kind to others and they will be kind to you. ( )