At one time the fox and the stork1 were on visiting terms andseemed very good friends. So the fox invited the stork to dinner,and for a joke put nothing before her but some soup in a veryshallow dish. This the fox could easily lap up, but the storkcould only wet the end of her long bill in it, and left the mealas hungry as when she began. "I am sorry," Said the fox, "Thesoup is not to your liking2." "Pray do not apologise," Said the stork. "I hope you willreturn this visit, and come and dine with me soon." So a day wasappointed when the fox should visit the stork; but when they wereseated at table all that was for their dinner was contained in avery long-necked jar with a narrow mouth, in which the fox couldnot insert his snout, so all he could manage to do was to lick theoutside of the jar. "I will not apologise for the dinner," Said the stork: 
One bad turn deserves another. 