Ethiopian Folktales

Narrator Unknown

The fox was drying cereal, wheat or tef^{A grain grown in the highlands of Ethiopia.} or sorghum, in front of her den and the crow was coming and pecking it. When the fox tried to catch the crow it flew up.

One day the fox met the crow walking in the road and he caught it.

The fox said, “Why do you torment me by eating my food?”

The crow said, “You can do what you like, but never throw me into the bushes.”

So the fox thinks, “If I throw it into the bushes, it will die,” and he threw it and the crow flew away.

The crow said, “You fool! I have cheated you!”