There lived a wicked and greedy wolf in a forest. One day he hunted a deer. Unable to control his greed, he ate the deer in great haste. In his haste, a bone got stuck in his throat.
The bone became very distressed. He could no longer eat or drink. He tried desperately to get the bone out of his throat, but all his efforts were in vain.
Finally, he decided to seek help from someone. He wondered who it was.Who could remove the bone fragment from his throat. After some thought, he remembered the crane.The stork had a long neck and a beak. He could easily reach into its mouth and extract the bone.
Without delay, the wolf approached the crane and said, "Brother Crane! I have a bone stuck in my throat. Will you please take it out with your beak? I will be very grateful to you and will reward you appropriately."
The stork was initially afraid to put his beak into the wolf's mouth, but later he felt pity for the wolf and agreed.
The wolf stood with its mouth open, and the stork put its beak in. But its beak couldn't reach the bone. Then it had to put half of its neck into the wolf's mouth.As soon as the crane's neck entered his mouth, greed arose in the greedy wolf. He thought, "If only I could chew on its delicious neck, it would be fun." But at that moment, he needed to remove the bone stuck in his throat. So, he suppressed his desire
In a short while, the stork removed the bone from his neck. As soon as the bone was gone, the wolf started to leave. He neither thanked the stork nor offered a reward. The stork stopped him and said, "Where is my reward? You said you would reward me for this job."
The wolf said, "You are safe even after putting your neck in the mouth of a wolf, isn't this your reward?"
Saying this the wolf went away and the crane stood there with his head down.
Lesson: Never expect gratitude or reward from a greedy and wicked person.