He tried to take it

2 out but could

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very big and stuck in his throat!! with a moral
and swallowed it! The bone was Fable: a short false story F. Townsend Originally Translated by: George

put the whole bone in his mouth

who found a very big bone. He
forests, there was a hungry wolf
Once upon time, in the far
and beasts. what would the prize be?
stories are about animals crane help the wolf? And
give advice. Most of his helped him. Would the
wrote many short stories to crane a big prize if he
Aesop is a Greek man. He The wolf promised the

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He went looking for someone to
The crane put her head inside ------------------------------------ words?
help him. When he reached a
the wolf mouth and took the ------------------------------------
small lake, he saw a crane. The
bone out. When she asked for
wolf talked to the crane and ----------------------------
her payment, the wolf smiled
asked for her help. He promised
and said “I already paid you. You
to give her a large sum if she
put your head in my mouth and
took the bone out of his throat.
took it out safely.”
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The crane agreed
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