A fox was passing a village, where saw a rooster walking around.
Slowly walked toward the rooster. Hello my friend. How are you going? Your father was a friend of mine and we had very good days together. He had a very beautiful sound and often he was singing for me. How is your sound? Can you sing as nice as your father? The fox said.
Fox’s trick affected. Yes, of course. My sound is even better than my dad’s, and I will show you right away. The rooster said.
Rooster closed his eyes and started to sing. As soon as rooster closed his eyes, the fox jumped and caught the rooster and ran away.
The villagers’ dogs saw the fox and followed him. The fox was running and the dogs were behind him.
Everything happened fast and the rooster didn’t know what to do. He tried to found a way out.
If you want that dogs leave you alone tell them that you didn’t caught me from their village. The rooster said.
Although the fox was clever, but beguiled and opened his mouth to talk. As soon as the fox opened his mouth, the rooster jumped out over a tree.
Hopeless fox looked at the rooster and said: Damn the mouth that opens untimely, and rooster said: Damn the eyes that closes untimely.
This story is taken from Farsi Literature book of grade two of Iranian primary schools
Translated by Morteza Tabatabaee
January 2004