Wild Dog and Rabbit 

    

             Once there lived a rabbit in a forest. One afternoon, he was going to the river to drink water. On his way he saw a wild dog sitting under a boulder. When the wild dog saw the  rabbit, started watering. He called out to the rabbit and said, "Hey friend! Where are you going in this scathing heat? Why don't you come and rest for some time till scathing goes away in my cool shade of the boulder. "

  

  

The Rabbit said politely, "Dear Dog! I am very thirsty and  my throat is very dry. I will come to you on my way back from the river."

The Rabbit went to the river and drank the cool water. After quenching his thirst, the rabbit suddenly sensed the danger that he was going to face on his way back home. He said to himself, "should i trust this wild dog? Since I have told him that I would meet him on my way back home, I will have to go there. But, I will have to be careful and must handle the situation tactfully. Thinking thus, the rabbit returned to the boulder where the wild dog awaited for him."

The rabbit was a little frightened. Gathering some courage he said, "Dear friend, I am so happy to see you. You are so nice. Yet everybody says that you are cunning! Personally, I think that nobody appreciates you."

The rabbit consoled the wild dog and said, "let us find a solution to this problem."

The cunning wild dog thought of an idea and said, "Yes. We must find a solution to this problem. Friend, will you do me a favour? please come to my  cave in the evening. we will have dinner together and then think of a solution."

The rabbit accepted the wild dog invitation and said, "All right. I will come to your cave in the evening. We will dine together and think of a way out."

The wild dog smiled and said to himself, "This silly rabbit has fallen into my trap. Let him come to my cave this evening; I'll finish him!"

That evening, the rabbit arrived at the cave where the fox lived. He was surprised to see that there was nothing to eat in the cave. The wild dog was waiting for him eagerly. The cunning wild dog welcomed the rabbit and asked him to sit by his side. The rabbit realized that the wild dog had laid a trap to kill him.

Before the wild dog  could pounce on him, he scampered swiftly out of the cave and ran for his life. The wild dog looked on helplessly.

         The little rabbit had escaped. The dazed fox stood there wondering what to do next.