~Mrs. Fox and the Cat of Nine Tails~
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Old Mr. Fox would always look fondly on the time he tested his wife’s faithfulness. Young Mrs. Fox was so very pretty, and he was so often out of the house, he felt it reasonable to suspect her of infidelity. And was it not a husband’s duty to ensure his wife’s loyalty in a town full of eligible cuckolders?
All the Fox family was known to be clever and shrewd, and Old Mr. Fox was no exception. In fact, the only quality setting him apart from his fellow kin and townsmen was an unusual protuberance at the base of his backside. Mr. Fox had been born with an abundance of tails, red tipped with white fur like the animal of his namesake. He had nine in total. Though the villagers mocked his deformity, Mrs. Fox found them exceedingly beautifu
