The Wolf And The Lion
Aesop Fable: The Wolf And The Lion
Roaming by the mountainside at sundown, a Wolf saw his
own shadow become greatly extended and magnified, and
he said to himself, "Why should I, being of such an immense
size and extending nearly an acre in length, be afraid
of the Lion? Ought I not to be acknowledged as King of all
the collected beasts?"
While he was indulging in these proud
thoughts, a Lion fell upon him and killed him. He exclaimed
with a too late repentance, "Wretched me! this overestimation
of myself is the cause of my destruction."
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