1) A fox was enjoying his lunch under a tree but got a bone stuck in his throat. 2) Unable to remove the bone himself, the fox decided to ask his friend the heron for help. 3) When the fox approached the heron, she was scared at first because foxes had killed some of her brothers in the past. However, seeing how desperate the fox was, the heron took pity on him and agreed to help remove the bone from his throat.