The Fox and the Cat

英语自学网

The Fox and the Cat
        A Fox was boasting to a Cat of its clever devices for escaping
        its enemies.
        "I have a whole bag of tricks," he said, "which
        contains a hundred ways of escaping my enemies."
        "I have only one," said the Cat; "but I can generally manage
        with that."
        Just at that moment they heard the cry of a pack of
        hounds coming towards them, and the Cat immediately scampered up a
        tree and hid herself in the boughs.
        "This is my plan," said the
        Cat.
        "What are you going to do?"
        The Fox thought first of one
        way, then of another, and while he was debating the hounds came
        nearer and nearer, and at last the Fox in his confusion was caught
        up by the hounds and soon killed by the huntsmen.
        Miss Puss, who
        had been looking on, said:
        "Better one safe way than a hundred on which
        you cannot reckon."