The Clever Little Thief

In the heart of the forest, a ranger set a trap cage to catch a sneaky fox that had been stealing eggs from nearby farms. The next morning, he rushed to check—only to find the cage door shut… with a fat, grumpy raccoon inside, clutching the bait (a shiny bell) in its paws.

"Wrong thief!" the ranger sighed.

But the real surprise? Outside the cage, the fox sat grinning, licking egg yolk off its whiskers. It had rolled the bell into the trap to trick the raccoon—its egg-stealing rival!

Moral: In the wild, the cleverest thief doesn’t get caught… it gets someone else caught!