` The crow , who paid me a visit yesterday , ' answered the magpie . ` The crow was it ? ' said the fox , ` well , the crow had better not meet me for the future , or it may be the worse for him . ' As Michael , the cunning beast , had no desire to continue the conversation , he left the forest ; but when he came to the high road he laid himself at full length on the ground , stretching himself out , just as if he was dead . Very soon he noticed , out of the corner of his eye , that the crow was flying towards him , and he kept stiller and stiffer than ever , with his tongue hanging out of his mouth . The crow , who wanted her supper very badly , hopped quickly towards him , and was stooping forward to peck at his tongue when the fox gave a snap , and caught him by the wing . The crow knew that it was of no use struggling , so he said : ` Ah , brother , if you are really going to eat me , do it , I beg of you , in good style . Throw me first over this precipice , so that my feathers may be strewn here and there , and that all who see them may know that your cunning is greater than mine . ' This idea pleased the fox , for he had not yet forgiven the crow for depriving him of the young magpies , so he carried the crow to the edge of the precipice and threw him over , intending to go round by a path he knew and pick him up at the bottom . But no sooner had the fox let the crow go than he soared up into the air , and hovering just out of teach of his enemy 's jaws , he cried with a laugh : ` Ah , fox ! you know well how to catch , but you can not keep . ' With his tail between his legs , the fox slunk into the forest . He did not know where to look for a dinner , as he guessed that the crow would have flown back before him , and put every one on their guard . The notion of going to bed supperless was very unpleasant to him , and he was wondering what in the world he should do , when he chanced to meet with his old friend the bear . This poor animal had just lost his wife , and was going to get some one to mourn over her , for he felt her loss greatly . He had hardly left his comfortable cave when he had come across the wolf , who inquired where he was going . ' I am going to find a mourner , ' answered the bear , and told his story . ` Oh , let me mourn for you , ' cried the wolf . ` Do you understand how to howl ? ' said the bear .
` Oh , certainly , godfather , certainly , ' replied the wolf ; but the bear said he should like to have a specimen of his howling , to make sure XXXXX he knew his business .
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