The Mother And The Wolf
Aesop Fable: The Mother And The Wolf
A famished wolf was prowling about in the morning in
search of food. As he passed the door of a cottage built in
the forest, he heard a Mother say to her child, "Be quiet, or
I will throw you out of the window, and the Wolf shall eat
you." The Wolf sat all day waiting at the door. In the
evening he heard the same woman fondling her child and
saying: "You are quiet now, and if the Wolf should come,
we will kill him."
The Wolf, hearing these words, went home,
gasping with cold and hunger. When he reached his den,
Mistress Wolf inquired of him why he returned wearied and
supperless, so contrary to his wont. He replied: "Why,
forsooth! use I gave credence to the words of a woman!"
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