For some time now, all the inhabitants of the forest, even the most desperate daredevils and sneakers, could not understand why incredible misadventures happened as soon as one of them found himself near an old thick tree with a dense crown. Rumors spread, each worse than the other. It was rumored that there was a monster in the forest, which would soon bring about the end of the entire forest brethren.
Having gathered for a big council, the animals thought and turned to the fox:
- You, little fox, are the most cunning and agile among us. Do me a favor, my dear, find out what’s the matter? Find out what kind of animal settled on the old tree?
Flattered by the attention, the fox did not take long to beg. But, having graciously agreed to fulfill such a request, she was not at all going to risk her own skin for the sake of the common good. After thinking for a while, the red-haired rogue decided to send her bosom friend, a curious magpie, to the ill-fated tree.
After flying around and around, the magpie managed to see two luminous lights among the dense foliage and heard someone flapping their wings frequently. With this news on her tail, she returned neither alive nor dead from fear.
The fox immediately gathered all the animals and announced:
- Big trouble has come to our forest, friends. A terrible beast nicknamed the miracle-yudo has appeared. So far no one has yet seen its fanged mouth or heard its wild roar. But I don’t want to tempt fate, and I don’t advise you either,” and with these words the fox went to live in the neighboring forest. Everyone else followed her silently.
And on an old tree, huddled in the very thick of the branches, a big-eyed owl sat and wondered why suddenly all the animals in the forest seemed to have died out?
It’s true what they say: fear has big eyes.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru