The fox was feeling very hungry, to the point that he went three days without food. He tried to hunt some rabbits, but they were faster than him in running. When they saw him, they would flee and hide in their burrows. The fox thought to go to the village and enter the poultry pens; perhaps he could snatch a chicken or a duck and eat it. But the farmers were vigilant for this deceit. When they saw him, they beat him with sticks, and the children threw stones at him, injuring and wounding him.
The fox’s hunger intensified until he became thin and weak in body. The fox walked until he reached a large orchard surrounded by a high wall. The fox tried to climb the wall but to no avail. He tried to run fast and jump over the wall, but collided with it and fell to the ground in pain. The fox circled the wall looking for a door to enter through. He found the door closed with a large lock on it. The fox completed his circle around the orchard wall, and finally found a small opening in the wall.
The fox said to himself: I must enter through this opening, or I will die of hunger. Then the fox entered his head through the opening with difficulty, pulling the rest of his body little by little until he managed to pass through the narrow opening and became inside the orchard. The fox looked around and found ripe fruits of every type on the trees. The fox tasted a grape and found it sweet. The fox started eating from the bunches of grapes he loved. He found the apples delicious, so he ate a lot of them. Then he saw some dates that had fallen from the palm trees on the ground, so he ate from them until his stomach was full and he felt extreme thirst. He hurried to the water stream and drank until he was satisfied.
The fox found his body had become heavy from eating a lot, and he started feeling sleepy, so he slept under a tree. He woke up to the sounds of the farmers who had come to collect the ripe fruits. He tried to escape through the same narrow opening but couldn’t because his stomach had swollen from eating a lot. He tried more than once but without success.
He returned to the orchard sad, fearing one of the farmers would kill him. He remained motionless, fearing someone would see him. He kept thinking: What should I do? I must leave the orchard? He found no solution but to abstain from eating for a while so he could cross through the narrow opening.
The fox remained hungry for three whole days. What increased his pain was that he saw fruit in front of him and couldn’t eat. He became thin and weak again. He walked to the narrow opening, crossed through it with ease, and became outside the wall. Then the fox turned to the orchard, hurrying away from it, and said in regret: Oh beautiful orchard, how good your fruits are! How delicious your fruit is! How sweet your water is! But I entered you hungry and left you hungry.