Read the following Chinese folktale. Lisheng and the Fox Long ago in China there lived a man named Lisheng. He had just gotten married and wanted to please his new wife. More than anything, she wanted a coat made of fox fur. She asked Lisheng to buy her one, but the coat cost too much. Lisheng came up with a plan. He would find a fox and make the coat himself. So he waited in the woods until a fox approached, and he grabbed it by the tail. "My wife wants a fox coat. Could you give me your fur?" Lisheng said. The fox replied, "I'll make a deal with you. Let go of my tail, and I'll take off my fur and give it to you." Lisheng did as the fox asked, but the fox ran away, laughing. Lisheng had been tricked, and his wife never got a fox fur coat. What is the main theme or lesson of the folktale?
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