Ron Reads Boring Books

One Good Plan Beats a Hundred

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Ron stumbles through an introduction before reading Aesop's fable "The Fox and the Cat," a tale about a boastful fox with numerous escape plans and a practical cat with just one reliable strategy.

• Fox boasts about having "a hundred ways of escaping enemies"
• Cat admits to having only one escape strategy
• When hounds approach, the cat immediately climbs a tree to safety
• Fox gets caught while contemplating his many options
• Moral: "Better one safe way than a hundred on which you cannot reckon"

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Ron's Awkward Introduction

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Hello , this is Ron Reeds . No , Just pretend you didn't hear any of that and let's start over . Hello , are you tired ? You will be . This is Ron Reads . Ron Reads Boring Books . Thank you for listening .

Aesop's Fox and Cat Fable

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We're reading another fable by Aesop , and this one is the Fox and the Cat . Let's begin , shall we ? A fox was boasting to a cat of its clever devices for escaping its enemies . I have a whole bag of tricks , he said , which contains a hundred ways of escaping my enemies . I have a whole bag of tricks , he said , which contains a hundred ways of escaping my enemies . I only have one , said the cat . Well , I can generally manage with that .

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Just at that moment , they heard the cry of a pack of hounds coming toward them , and the cat immediately scampered up a tree and hid herself in the boughs . This is my plan , said the cat . What are you going to do ? What are you going to do ? The fox thought first of one way , then another , and while he was debating , the hounds came nearer and nearer and at last the fox , in his confusion , was caught up by the hounds and soon killed by the huntsman . Miss Puss , who had been looking on , said Better one safe way than a hundred , on which you cannot

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