Short Stories For Kids | The Fox And The Pheasants | Baby Stories For Infants In English
as Master Fox was taking his usual stroll in the woods,
he saw a number of Pheasants perched
quite out of his reach on a limb of a tall old tree.
and he got an idea to get the Pheasants.
The sly Fox soon found a bright patch of moonlight,
where the Pheasants could see him clearly;
Then he raised himself up on his hind legs,
First he whirled 'round and 'round like a top,
cutting all sorts of strange capers.
for fear of losing him out of their sight a single instant.
Now the Fox made as if to climb a tree,
now he fell over and lay still, playing dead,
and the next instant he was hopping on all fours,
so that it seemed to throw out silver sparks in the moonlight.
By this time the poor birds' heads were in a whirl.
And when the Fox began his performance all over again,
that they lost their hold on the limb,