` Try mine , ' said the eel , who had wriggled to the front . ` No , thank you , ' replied the fox again , ' I should slip over your head and be drowned . ' ` You wo n't slip on MY back , ' said the perch , coming forward . ` No ; but you are really TOO rough , ' returned the fox . ` Well , you can have no fault to find with ME , ' put in the trout . ` Good gracious ! are YOU here ? ' exclaimed the fox . ` But I 'm afraid to trust myself to you either . ' At this moment a fine salmon swam slowly up . ` Ah , yes , you are the person I want , ' said the fox ; ` but come near , so that I may get on your back , without wetting my feet . ' So the salmon swam close under the island , and when he was touching it the fox seized him in his claws and drew him out of the water , and put him on a spit , while he kindled a fire to cook him by . When everything was ready , and the water in the pot was getting hot , he popped him in , and waited till he thought the salmon was nearly boiled . But as he stooped down the water gave a sudden fizzle , and splashed into the fox 's eyes , blinding him . He started backwards with a cry of pain , and sat still for some minutes , rocking himself to and fro . When he was a little better he rose and walked down a road till he met a grouse , who stopped and asked what was the matter . ` Have you a pair of eyes anywhere about you ? ' asked the fox politely . ` No , I am afraid I have n't , ' answered the grouse , and passed on . A little while after the fox heard the buzzing of an early bee , whom a gleam of sun had tempted out .
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