Now the fox had only thin soup to eat, and he put the soup in a flat soup plate. The crane was a tall bird.She had a long neck and a long bill, so he could not eat from a soup plate. She tried again and again to eat the soup, but she could not get any. The tricky fox watced the crane and laughed. It was easy to lick up the thin soup from the plate. He had all the soup and the crane went home hungry.

　　Then one day the crane met fox. This time she asked him to come to her house for supper. So the fox went to the crane's house. The crane had soup for supper too, but the soup was in a tall jar with a long neck. It was easy for the crane to put her bill into the jar, but the fox could not get at the soup. So the crane ate all her soup while the fox did not get a drop it, and the crane ate the fox's soup, too.

　　The crane taught the fox a good lesson. She paid the fox in his own coin. He had to run home to find something to eat.

　　这天，狐狸只有一点清汤喝，而且它还把盛在一只扁平的汤盘里。仙鹤的个子很高，长着长长的脖子和长长的喙，所有，它不能从汤盘里吃到东西。它一次又一次的设法喝到汤，但却一点也喝不到。狡猾的狐狸看着仙鹤哈哈大笑。从盘子里把汤舔光是很容易的。狐狸喝光了所有的汤，仙鹤只有饿着肚子回家了。

　　后来一天，仙鹤遇到了狐狸。这一次，仙鹤邀请狐狸到它家去吃晚饭。于是狐狸来到了仙鹤的家。仙鹤也用汤来作晚餐，但是汤却是盛在一只长颈瓶里。仙鹤很容易把长嘴伸到瓶
子里，但是狐狸却够不着汤。这样，狐狸一滴汤也没有沾到，仙鹤在喝完了自己的汤后又把狐狸的那份汤也喝掉了。

　　仙鹤给了狐狸一个好教训，它给狐狸以同样的回敬，狐狸只有跑回去找东西吃了。