The fox was on his daily journey for some food. He figured if he could go down to the brook at the bottom of a valley he would be able to surprise some meek prey and have food for weeks. He thought about how some deer might be there, and how he loved the taste of deer.

When the fox made it down to the brook he saw no meek prey. Instead, he was quite shocked to find an elephant sipping from the brook almost half his width.

The fox was very intrigued as to why an elephant would be in this part of the forest since elephants usually did not come along through there. The elephant had piqued the fox’s interest, so the fox resolved to approach the elephant.

The elephant noticed the fox first, however, and said, “I would imagine you are not going to try to attack me.”

The fox said “Of course not! I merely wanted to see what an animal of your specific taxonomic placement would be doing around here. You see, one doesn’t find many elephants here.”

“Yes, I suppose it is rather unusual. I am here not because I want to but because I have to. It appears that I am not one of the stronger or faster elephants. My deficiencies had me banished from the others, so now I am here.”

The fox got an idea. One or two deer could get the fox to next week, but if he had an elephant, he could eat for a month, so he devised a plan. The fox would lead the elephant to a nearby cliff under the guise of bringing the elephant to a good hunting spot. He would then push the elephant into the cliff, killing him.

The elephant followed the fox to the cliff, but, upon seeing no prey at this location, the elephant knew the fox was up to something, so he prepared himself. When the fox ran towards the elephant and jumped at him to push him, the elephant used whatever speed he had and quickly moved out of the way of the fox, leaving the fox to plummet down the cliff to his death.

Moral of the story: Never take advantage of those less fortunate than you.