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The Wolf and the Lamb

by Aesop

A wolf and a lamb face off in a fable told through simple dialogue.

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Original language: EnglishLevel: Beginner784 characters · ≈ 1 minSource: 伊索寓言

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A Wolf, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him.

He thus addressed him: "Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me."

"Indeed," bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, "I was not then born."

Then said the Wolf, "You feed in my pasture."

"No, good sir," replied the Lamb, "I have not yet tasted grass."

Again said the Wolf, "You drink of my well."

"No," exclaimed the Lamb, "I never yet drank water, for as yet my mother's milk is both food and drink to me."

Upon which the Wolf seized him and ate him up, saying, "Well! I won't remain supperless, even though you refute…

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About the book

The Wolf and the Lamb is a well-known Aesop's fable, numbered 155 in the Perry Index. It tells of a victim who is falsely accused and killed despite offering a reasonable defence, and it exists in several variant stories of tyrannical injustice. Its simple structure makes plain how powerless reason can be against tyranny.

About the author

Aesop (c. 620–564 BCE) was a Greek fabulist and storyteller credited with the fables collectively known as Aesop's Fables. His existence remains unclear and no writings by him survive, but numerous tales attributed to him, many featuring anthropomorphic animal characters, have been gathered over the centuries in a storytelling tradition that continues today.

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