One day, a hungry crocodile swam along the Nile, hoping to profit from something. Suddenly he sees a cormorant standing right next to the water. The crocodile wanted to grab him, but he became thoughtful: the cormorant’s beak is like the tip of a spear, its neck is like the shaft of a spear. This doesn't look like easy pickings.
The crocodile asked:
- My friend cormorant, why do you have such a sharp beak? After all, he can probably pierce through like a spear?
“You’re not mistaken,” answered the cormorant. “Do you want to try?”
- I would try, but I'm afraid.
“Don’t be afraid, I’ll hit you with a quarter force.”
“Okay,” agreed the crocodile.
And I thought: “If this cormorant’s beak is not too sharp, and he himself is not too strong, I will eat him.”
The crocodile put his head up and closed his eyes. The cormorant, don’t be a fool, stood up and hit the crocodile in the eye with its sharp beak! He never saw the light.
- Oh, oh! - he shouted. “No more, I see how strong you are!”
And the crocodile hurried to dive into the river.
Since then, all cormorants calmly cross the Nile and crocodiles never touch them.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru