Pratt: The Fox in the Well.

A sly old fox fell into a well, and could not climb out. "What are you doing down there?" asked a goat who chanced to be passing. "O such clear, cold water!" cried the fox. "The nicest water I ever tasted! Come and have a sip of it." So down jumped the silly goat. "This is good water," said he; "and I was very thirsty." "Pray drink all you want," said the fox. And as he said this, he leaped upon the goat's back, then to his horns, then upon the curb of the well, and out upon the ground. "Good-day, Mr Goat," said he, "I hope you will get all the water you want." And away he went, leaving the goat to find his way out as best he could.

Source: Mara Pratt's Aesop 16.

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Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the colored Steinhowel images. This shows the fox happily leaping to freedom!

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