[johnny]

Uhm... the fox cub could have been sick. It could have been born with a disease, or contracted one. It could have been a carrier of rabies. I certainly wouldn't let kids play with a wild animal, ever, I don't care how cute and cuddly it might seem. I don't even go near the stray cats around my neighborhood, or let my animals go near any other animals, because animals don't display illnesses like humans do. A cat could carry Feline Leukemia or a possum could carry rabies, and they might not show any signs of the sickness at all.