The Raven and the Fox

    One day a big，black raven¹ found some cheese Then she flew upinto a tree with the cheese in her mouth．A fox came by and saw the bird He saw the cheese as well．He，too，wanted to eat the cheese．He said to the raven，“You look very nice．If you can sing nicely as well，I think you can become the Queen of all the birds．”
    The raven was very pleased．She liked to be called a queen．“Yes，I can sing，”she said．But as she said this，the cheese fell down to the ground from herbeak．The fox picked up the cheese and ran away．Exercises：
    回答下列问题：
    ①Why do you say that raven was greedy？
    ②Are you greedy？

1 raven   

n.渡鸟，乌鸦；adj.乌亮的

参考例句：

• We know the raven will never leave the man's room.我们知道了乌鸦再也不会离开那个男人的房间。
• Her charming face was framed with raven hair.她迷人的脸上垂落着乌亮的黑发。