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«The Fox and the Crayfish»
The Fox and the Crayfish
The Fox was always teasing the Crayfish". One day he said: "You are so slow, Mr. Crayfish, you can only move backwards."
The Crayfish thought a little, then said: "Let's run a race, Mr. Fox."
"How can you run a race with me, Mr. Crayfish?" said the Fox. '"You"don't know how to run like a real animal."
"Well, don't talk about it," said the Crayfish. "Let's try and see. Let's run as far as that tree over there, and see who gets there the first."
"Very well, let's run and see," said the Fox. As the Fox turns his back to the Crayfish, the Crayfish ratches_hold of the Fox's tail with his claws.
The Fox ran as fast as he could. He ran so fast that his feet hardly touched the ground. And he said to himself: " How silly that Crayfish is! He thinks that he can win in a race with me."
All the time the Crayfish was hanging on the end of the Fox's tail. When they got to the tree, the Fox stopped and looked around for the Crayfish. Then the Crayfish let go the Fox's tail and said: "Well, Mr. Fox, I am already here. I'm waiting for you." The Fox was so tired that he did not say a word.