The Fox without Tail

A fox lost her tail in a trap and was ashamed of her loss. It seemed extremely unfair to her that she alone should lack a tail.

She seriously thought that the world would be a much improved place if all the other foxes were to be without tails.

And so she tried to convince them all to cut off their tails.

`The tail,` she said, `is just an extra weight. And you could hardly call it elegant or pretty!`

`If that is so,` replied her friends, `then why are you so unhappy without one?`