From Aesop's Fables
At one time, the Fox and the Stork were on visiting terms and seemed very good friends. So
the Fox invited the Stork to dinner, and for a joke, put nothing before her but some soup in a very
shallow dish. This the Fox could easily lap up, but the Stork could only wet the end of her long
bill in it and left the meal as hungry as when she began. I am sorry, said the Fox, the soup is not
to your liking.
Pray, do not apologize, said the Stork. I hope you will return this visit and come and dine
with me soon. So a day was appointed when the Fox should visit the Stork; but when they were
seated at the table all that was for their dinner was contained in a very long-necked jar with a
narrow mouth, in which the Fox could not insert his snout, so all he could manage to do was to
lick the outside of the jar.
"I will not apologize for the dinner," said the Stork.
3. What is the setting of this story?
A. the Fox and the Stork's homes
B. The 100 Acre Wood
C. a castle
D. a pond