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K-3
Fox invites Stork to share his soup, but he serves it on a shallow plate from which she cannot drink. Stork, however, turns the tables on him and serves soup in a tall jar accessible only to her long beak. The moral: "being kind to others is the right thing to do." The simple but expressive illustrations are a good accompaniment to this retelling of an old fable.