Onemorningafoxseesacock。Hethinks，"Thisismybreakfast。""
Hecomesuptothecockandsays，"Iknowyoucansingverywell。Canyousingforme?""Thecockisglad。Hecloseshiseyesandbeginstosing。Thefoxseesthatandcacheshiminhismouthandcarrieshimaway。
Thepeopleinthefieldseethefox。Theycry，"Look，look!Thefoxiscarryingthecockaway。""Thecocksaystothefox，"MrFox，doyouunderstand?Thepeoplesayyouarecarryingtheircockaway。Tellthemitisyours。Nottheirs。""
Thefoxopenshismouthangsays，"Thecockismine，notyours。""Justthenthecockrunsawayfromthefoxandfliesintothetree。