The Eagle The Cat And The Wild Sow for English learners with podcast and video and vocabulary practice in context. Read this English fable from Aesop and listen to any selected text. Source of story: Gutenberg Project at www.gutenberg.org The Eagle the Cat and the Wild Sow An eagle made her nest at the top of a lofty oak; a cat, having found a convenient hole, moved into the middle of the trunk; and a wild sow, with her young, took shelter in a hollow at its foot. The cat cunningly resolved to destroy this chance-made colony. To carry out her design, ...
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The cat manipulated both the eagle and the sow by frightening them of each other, making them so scared to come out of their homes. From this, we can conclude that it is better to research and decide for ourselves rather than blindly accepting everything. If the eagle and the sow had communicated, they would not have perished from hunger.
Well-written comment! The wild sow and the eagle were duped easily by the cunning cat. Due to their naivety, the opportunistic and vicious cat made a great feast of them for herself and her kittens.