The Three Villages
Once upon a time there were three villages. The thing about these villages was every one of them had a village thief. The first village thief was a snake and, he was very cunning. The second thief was a fox and, he was extremely sly. The thief for the third village was unknown but, he was the best one of all. The fox had only known one person who was from the third village and that was his servant. His servant was a very hard worker but very quiet.
One day the fox had an idea. He was going to invite the snake over to his home and while he was there he was going to pretend he forgot to do his laundry while really he was going over to the snakes house to steal from him.
“I will be the richest person in all three villages. I am a genius” He said to himself out loud.
When the snake had gotten the invitation over to the fox’s house he had an idea of his own. The snake was going to go over to the fox’s house and when he was not looking he was going to rob the fox, thus becoming the richest man in all three villages.
“I am such a genus” he said to himself.
After going over the plan with his servant many times the fox had set up a huge pile of clothes on his floor waiting for the snake’s arrival. Once the snake got to the house, the fox sat the snake down as he winked at his servant as a code for time to go home.
“Well sir, I think all my work is done for today, may I go home now” the servant asked in a peculiar voice.
“Yes you may” said the fox and nodded in a sneaky way.
Precisely five minutes after the servant left as planned, the fox pretended to notice the huge pile of laundry and said “Oh no, my servant forgot to do my laundry. I guess I will have to now, you don’t mind do you?”
“No, not at all” said the snake.
Then the fox picked up the big pile of laundry and left, heading for the snake’s house. Once the fox left, the snake started picking up everything in sight until his hands were full.
“Oh dear I guess I can’t take everything, my plan is ruined” the snake murmured.
Once the fox got to the snake’s house, he did the same. Took, took, and took as much as he could carry but he faced the same problem, he could not carry as much as he wished.
On the way back to his house, the snake ran into the fox’s servant.
“Hello” the snake said
“Hi” said the servant
“Say, would you like to help me with something?” said the snake
“Ok, sure” the servant said
“Take this to my house then come back. I will then have more things for you to take.”
“Ok” said the servant as he took the pile in the snake’s hands and walked away.
“Yes I can get way more items and become rich, rich, rich, I am such a genius.” The snake said to himself.
The fox left the snake’s house and headed home. While he was on the way he too ran into his servant.
“Hi” he said to his servant
“Oh, hello” he said
“What do you have there?” the fox asked suspiciously.
“Oh just some things I am going to donate to the poor,” he said with a straight face.
“But you are poor” the fox said
“Oh well…”
“Forget it, hey do you want to help me with something?” the fox asked
“Ok” the servant said “what is it sir?”
“I need you to take some of this stuff to my house then, come back and I will give you the rest.”
“Yes sir” the servant said taking the pile from him.
As the fox walked back to the snake’s house he said to himself “yes I will be the richest man in all three villages, I am such a genius.”
So both the snake and the fox gave him the things they were stealing from each other and when they were done they both went home.
Once they got home the both realized that their house was empty and the servant never delivered the things. He was the third village thief. They both learned three very important lessons. One, never steal. Second, never trust the quiet ones and third, and most important of all, they were anything but geniuses.