The Fox and the Crow: A Society Teaches Children Being the Fox
A mindset encourages manipulating people in Eastern Asia
By Chin Wen Feng
The Fox and the Crow
There was a crow flying in the forest to find something to eat. Luckily, it found a piece of cheese. It picked up the cheese and flight on a tree preparing to finish its delicious food.
Meanwhile, a fox came and said to the crow: “You are a beautiful bird and must have beautiful voice. Why don’t you sing for me?” The crow was flattered so that it decide to sing.
After the crow opened its mouth, the cheese fall down and was eaten by the fox. The fox laugh:” Your voice is ugly. All I want is just your cheese, you fool!”
This classical fable teaches us don’t be fool as the crow and knowing yourself’s shortcoming that you won’t be tricked by the unrealistic compliment.
However, there is another teaching with the similar story in Eastern Asia.
Afanti and Bay
In East Turkestan, there was a clever guy named Afanti, one day, he went to a rich and stingy merchant named Bay to borrow a cooker to cook.
