# The Stork — Aesop's Fables character guide

> The Stork in Aesop's Fables by Aesop.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Stork, The Stork, Stork

**First appearance:** 0027-the-fox-and-the-stork

## Who they are

A long-beaked bird who outwits the Fox at dinner.

## In the story

### [The Fox and the Stork](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-fox-and-the-stork)

The Stork is initially unable to eat the soup from the flat dish, but later turns the tables by serving food in a pitcher that only she can access.

### [The Farmer and the Stork](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-farmer-and-the-stork)

Caught among cranes; pleads innocence based on its own nature but is condemned for its associations.

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