The Shepherd And The Wolf
Aesop Fable: The Shepherd And The Wolf
A wolf followed a flock of sheep for a long time and did
not attempt to injure one of them. The Shepherd at first
stood on his guard against him, as against an enemy, and
kept a strict watch over his movements.
But when the Wolf,
day after day, kept in the company of the sheep and did
not make the slightest effort to seize them, the Shepherd
began to look upon him as a guardian of his flock rather
than as a plotter of evil against it; and when occasion called
him one day into the city, he left the sheep entirely in his
charge.
The Wolf, now that he had the opportunity, fell
upon the sheep, and destroyed the greater part of the flock.
When the Shepherd returned to find his flock destroyed,
he exclaimed: "I have been rightly served; why did I trust
my sheep to a Wolf?"
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