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Once upon a time, there was a mother kid with four little ones. One day it happened that she was obliged to go away alone, perhaps to the pasture, but before starting, she gathered her little family around her and said.

"Dear little children. I must go away and leave you alone for a while. I shall shut the door of our house, but under no conditions, no matter what happens, or who knocks, do not open till you hear my voice."

The little kids promised faithfully to do all that their mother had told them, so she closed the door tight and went away in peace.

After she had been gone awhile, a fox comes and calls to the kids, "Dear little kids, my dear children, open the door, I am bringing you some milk".

The kids listening, answered, "We shall not open the door. This is not our mother's voice. Hers is much thinner."

So the fox went away, but did not stay long. This time after she had knocked