विहाय जम्बुको मांसं तीरे मीनाय धावितः

विहाय जम्बुको मांसं तीरे मीनाय धावितः। मीनोऽपि प्राविशत्तोयं मांसं गृध्रोप्यपाहरत्॥

vihāya jambuko māṁsaṁ tīre mīnāya dhāvitaḥ| mīno'pi prāviśattoyaṁ māṁsaṁ gṛdhropyapāharat||

A fox, wandering around in the jungle discovered some flesh of a dead animal and was readying to gobble up the sumptuous food. It was in the banks of a stream. Suddenly the fox notices that a fat fish had just jumped out of the water and landed up in the shore. It was struggling to get back to the stream. The avaricious fox wanted to have the fish and ran towards it leaving aside the flesh it was in the process of eating.

By the time the fox approached it the fish had managed to struggle back into the stream and had simply swam away. However, an alertly watching eagle swept on the flesh half eaten by the fox and flew away with it.

The poor fox lost both the flesh and the fish too.