The fox, the most popular character in our collection, appears thrity-eight times. It is classified twenty-one times as male, four times as female, and once as a mixed group. The remaining twelve times the fox is present, its gender is unknown.
Positive Actions (to Others) | Negative Actions (to Others) | Neutral Actions | Positive Actions (to Self) | Negative Actions (to Self) |
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promise | catch | arrange | contrive | fall |
assure | scheme | leap | indulge | break |
lead | conceal | reach | discover | lose |
encourage | seize | turn | escape | envy |
inform | interrupt | present | find | lose his footing |
suggest | accuse | stand | possess | lament |
pay | revile | feel | succeed | beg |
defend | deny | see | fix | owe |
advise | steal | choose | accumulate | die |
rummage | ask | wish | resort | |
pass | desire | fall prey | ||
creep | travel | |||
hear | learn | |||
inquire | ||||
hide | ||||
lay | ||||
go round | ||||
run | ||||
scamper | ||||
eat | ||||
tell | ||||
rush | ||||
returning | ||||
think | ||||
approach | ||||
place | ||||
visit | ||||
point out |
These are the characters that appear with the Fox:
Fables in which the Fox appears:
Dialogue of the Fox:
Fox to Bear
"Oh! that you would eat the dead and not the
living." ~ The Bear and the Fox
Fox to Goat
"If," said he, "you will place your
forefeet upon the wall and bend your head, I will run up your back and escape,
and will help you out afterwards." ~ The Fox and the Goat
Fox to Goat
"You foolish old fellow! If you had as many brains
in your head as you have hairs in your beard, you would never have gone down
before you had inspected the way up, nor have exposed yourself to dangers from
which you had no means of escape." ~ The Fox and the Goat
Lion to Fox
"I am very middling," replied the Lion ,
"but why do you stand without? Pray enter within to talk with me." ~
The Sick Lion
Fox to Lion
"No, thank you," said the Fox . "I notice
that there are many prints of feet entering your cave, but I see no trace of any
returning." ~ The Sick Lion
Fox to Lion
"A fine Lion you are, to be frightened of a
Mouse." ~ The Lion, the Mouse, and the Fox
Lion to Fox
"'Tis not the Mouse I fear," said the Lion;
"I resent his familiarity and ill-breeding." ~ The Lion, the Mouse,
and the Fox
Fox to Fox
"They would not only look much better without them,
but that they would get rid of the weight of the brush, which was a very great
inconvenience." ~ The Fox Who Had Lost His Tail
Fox to Fox
"If you had not yourself lost your tail, my friend,
you would not thus counsel us." ~ The Fox Who Had Lost His Tail
Fox to Monkey
"O Monkey, and are you, with such a mind as yours,
going to be King over the Beasts?" ~ The Fox and the Monkey
Fox to Crow
"How handsome is the Crow," he exclaimed, in
the beauty of her shape and in the fairness of her complexion! Oh, if her voice
were only equal to her beauty, she would deservedly be considered the Queen of
Birds!" ~ The Fox and the Crow
Fox to Crow
"My good Crow, your voice is right enough, but your
wit is wanting." ~ The Fox and the Crow
Boar to Fox
"I do it advisedly; for it would never do to have to
sharpen my weapons just at the time I ought to be using them." ~ The
Wild Boar and the Fox
Fox to Fox
"Ah, you will have to remain there, my friend, until
you become such as you were when you crept in, and then you will easily get
out." ~ The Swollen Fox
Woodcutter to Fox
"You ungrateful fellow, you owe your life to
me, and yet you leave me without a word of thanks." ~ The Fox and the
Woodcutter
Fox to Woodcutter
"Indeed, I should have thanked you fervently
if your deeds had been as good as your words, and if your hands had not been
traitors to your speech." ~ The Fox and the Woodcutter
Fox to Leopard
"And how much more beautiful than you am I, who
am decorated, not in body, but in mind." ~ The Fox and the Leopard
Lion to Fox
"Who has taught you, my very excellent fellow, the
art of division? You are perfect to a fraction." ~ The Lion, the Fox,
and the Ass
Fox to Lion
"I learned it from the Ass, by witnessing his
fate." ~ The Lion, the Fox, and the Ass
Hare to Fox
"We would willingly have helped you, if we had not
known who you were, and with whom you were fighting." ~ The Hares and
the Foxes
Lion to Fox
"You counsel me in vain; for if he sends so fearful
a messenger, how shall I abide the attack of the man himself?" ~ The
Bowman and Lion
Fox to Hedgehog
"By no means," replied the Fox; "pray
do not molest them." ~ The Fox and the Hedgehog
Hedgehog to Fox
"How is this?" said the Hedgehog; "do
you not want to be rid of them?" ~ The Fox and the Hedgehog
Fox to Hedgehog
"No," returned the Fox; "for these
flies which you see are full of blood, and sting me but little, and if you rid
me of these which are already satiated, others more hungry will come in their
place, and will drink up all the blood I have left." ~ The Fox and the
Hedgehog
Monkey to Fox
"All these monuments which you see, are erected in
honor of my ancestors, who were in their day freedmen and citizens of great
renown." ~ The Fox and the Monkey
Fox to Monkey
"You have chosen a most appropriate subject for
your falsehoods, as I am sure none of your ancestors will be able to contradict
you." ~ The Fox and the Monkey
Fox
"The Grapes are sour, and not ripe as I thought." ~
The Fox and the Grapes
Cock to Fox
"Sir , I wish you would do me the favor of going
around to the hollow trunk below me, and waking my porter, so that he may open
the door and let you in." ~ The Dog, the Cock, and the Fox
Fox
"What a beautiful head! Yet it is of no value, as it
entirely lacks brains." ~ The Fox and the Mask
Fox to Dog
"If this lion were alive, you would soon find out
that his claws were stronger than your teeth." ~ The Dogs and the
Fox
Fox to Frog
"How can you pretend to prescribe for others, when
you are unable to heal your own lame gait and wrinkled skin?" ~ The
Quack Frog
Fox to Lion
"And who of all those who have come to you have
benefited you so much as I , who have traveled from place to place in every
direction, and have sought and learnt from the physicians the means of healing
you ?" ~ The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox
Fox to Lion
" You must flay a wolf alive and wrap his skin yet
warm around you ." ~ The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox
Fox to Wolf
" You should have moved your master not to ill, but
to good, will." ~ The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox
Lion to Fox
"It is not thou who revilest me; but this mischance
which has befallen me." ~ The Fox and the Lion
Fox to Ass
"I might possibly have been frightened myself, if I
had not heard your bray." ~ The Ass in the Lion's Skin
Fox to Jackdaw
"You are indeed, sir, sadly deceiving yourself;
you are indulging a hope strong enough to cheat you, but which will never reward
you with enjoyment." ~ The Jackdaw and the Fox
Bramble to Fox
"But you really must have been out of your senses
to fasten yourself on me, who am myself always accustomed to fasten upon
others." ~ The Fox and the Bramble
Fox to Eagle
"Do not cultivate the favor of this man, but of
your former owner, lest he should again hunt for you and deprive you a second
time of your wings." ~ The Eagle and His Captor