Wolf and the Crane: Short Story

Once upon a time there lived a greedy and cunning wolf in a forest. One day, while he was having his dinner, a bone got stuck into his throat. He could get it neither up nor down, and of course he could not eat a thing. Naturally that was an awful state of affairs for a greedy Wolf.

The wolf began purring with pain. The pain was unbearable. The wolf got worried and began thinking, what will happen if the bone doesn't come out. I won't be able to eat anything. I will starve to death."

Suddenly he recalled that there was a crane that lived on the banks of a nearby lake. He immediately went to the crane and said, "My friend, I've a bone stuck deep into my throat. If you could please pull it out of my throat with your long beak, I will reward you very handsomely said the Wolf.

The crane saw his pitiable condition and agreed to help him. He put him long beak, and in the process, half of his neck also, deep into the throat of the wolf and pulled the bone out. The wolf got relaxed and started walk away. Hello, “will you kindly give me the reward you promised?” said the crane.

“What!” scrambled the Wolf, whirling around? “Haven’t you got it? Isn’t it enough that I let you take your head out of my mouth without snapping it off?”