Cat and Rooster
Ukrainian folk tale
"Cat and Rooster" (Ukrainian: «Котик і Півник», romanized: Kotyk i Pivnyk) is a Ukrainian folk tale and fable about a friendship between a cat and a rooster, and a fox who wants to eat the rooster.
Plot
Cat (a cat) and Rooster (a rooster) were friends and lived together in the same house. Making music together, Cat played violin while Rooster sang. During the day, Cat would hunt while rooster would guard and take care of the house. Before leaving, Cat always gave Rooster strict orders not to let anyone else in the house, and not to go out alone, to which Rooster always agreed. After Cat left, Rooster would lock the door until Cat returned.
One day, Fox (a fox) came by Cat and Rooster's house and sought to trick Rooster. Looking in the window, Fox checked to make sure that Cat was not home. When Cat was gone, Fox shouted to Rooster that it had grain and water, but Rooster did not come out. With its first attempt unsuccessful, Fox waited until nightfall, then scattered grain on the ground under the window so that Rooster could see it in the morning.
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