The Donkey And The Wolf
Aesop Fable: The Donkey And The Wolf
A Donkey feeding in a meadow saw a Wolf approaching to
seize him, and immediately pretended to be lame.
The Wolf,
coming up, inquired the cause of his lameness. The Donkey replied
that passing through a hedge he had trod with his
foot upon a sharp thorn.
He requested that the Wolf pull it
out, lest when he ate him it should injure his throat. The
Wolf consented and lifted up the foot, and was giving his
whole mind to the discovery of the thorn, when the Donkey,
with his heels, kicked his teeth into his mouth and galloped
away.
The Wolf, being thus fearfully mauled, said, "I
am rightly served, for why did I attempt the art of healing,
when my father only taught me the trade of a butcher?’
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