The Weasel in the Granary

Once upon a time, there was a tiny weasel who was feeling very hungry. She found a small hole in the wall of a farmer's storage room. Since she was thin from being sick, she could easily squeeze through the hole and get inside. Inside the storage room, the weasel discovered grains, corn, and all sorts of delicious things the farmer had stored.

The weasel, excited by her discovery, began to eat as much as she could. Every day, she would come back to the storage room and feast. She ate so much that soon she wasn’t thin anymore. She had grown quite fat from all the food she had eaten.

One day, the weasel heard a noise. Worried that someone might find her, she decided it was time to leave. She hurried to the small hole she had used to enter the storage room. But when she tried to squeeze through, she found that she couldn't fit. She was now too fat to get through the hole!

Panicked, the weasel ran around the storage room, searching for another way out, but there was none. She returned to the hole and tried again and again to squeeze through, but it was no use. She was stuck.

A clever rat noticed the weasel's struggle. Watching her, he said, "You seem to be in trouble, friend. What’s the matter?"

The weasel, now very desperate, replied, "This is the hole I came through when I was thin and hungry. Now I can't get out! What should I do?"

The rat chuckled and said, "When you entered, you were thin because you hadn't eaten. But now, after all the food you’ve consumed, you are too fat to leave. You will have to wait until you are thin again."

The weasel realized the rat was right. She had eaten so much that she had trapped herself in the storage room. With no other choice, she had to wait and eat only small amounts of food until she became thin enough to escape through the hole again.