The Wolf and the Crane故事

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The Wolf and the Crane故事
    A Wolf had been gorging on an animal he had killed, when
    suddenly a small bone in the meat stuck in his throat and he could
    not swallow it.  He soon felt terrible pain in his throat, and ran
    up and down groaning and groaning and seeking for something to
    relieve the pain.  He tried to induce every one he met to remove
    the bone.  "I would give anything," said he, "if you would take it
    out."  At last the Crane agreed to try, and told the Wolf to lie
    on his side and open his jaws as wide as he could.  Then the Crane
    put its long neck down the Wolf's throat, and with its beak
    loosened the bone, till at last it got it out.
    "Will you kindly give me the reward you promised?" said the
    Crane.
    The Wolf grinned and showed his teeth and said: "Be content.
    You have put your head inside a Wolf's mouth and taken it out
    again in safety; that ought to be reward enough for you."
    Gratitude and greed go not together.