An Ass, 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 Ass said, that passing through a hedge he trod with his foot upon a sharp thorn, and requested the Wolf to pull it out, lest when the Wolf supped on him it should injure his throat. The Wolf consenting, lifted up the foot, and gave his whole mind to the discovery of the thorn, when the Ass 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?"
THE WOLF AND THE CRANE
A Wolf, having a bone stuck in his throat, hired a Crane for a large sum to put her head into his throat, and draw out the bone. When the Crane had extracted the bone, and demanded the promised payment, the Wolf, grinning and grinding his teeth exclaimed: "Why, you have surely already a sufficient recompense, in having been permitted to draw out your head in safety from the mouth and jaws of a wolf."
Moral: In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.
THE LAMB AND THE WOLF.
A Wolf pursued a Lamb, which fled for refuge to a certain Temple. The Wolf called out to him and said: "The Priest will slay you in sacrifice, if he should catch you." On which the Lamb replied: "It would be better for me to be sacrificed in the Temple, than to be eaten by you."
THE ASS AND THE WOLF.
An Ass, 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 Ass said, that passing through a hedge he trod with his foot upon a sharp thorn, and requested the Wolf to pull it out, lest when the Wolf supped on him it should injure his throat. The Wolf consenting, lifted up the foot, and gave his whole mind to the discovery of the thorn, when the Ass 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?"
THE WOLF AND THE CRANE
A Wolf, having a bone stuck in his throat, hired a Crane for a large sum to put her head into his throat, and draw out the bone. When the Crane had extracted the bone, and demanded the promised payment, the Wolf, grinning and grinding his teeth exclaimed: "Why, you have surely already a sufficient recompense, in having been permitted to draw out your head in safety from the mouth and jaws of a wolf."
Moral: In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.
THE LAMB AND THE WOLF.
A Wolf pursued a Lamb, which fled for refuge to a certain Temple. The Wolf called out to him and said: "The Priest will slay you in sacrifice, if he should catch you." On which the Lamb replied: "It would be better for me to be sacrificed in the Temple, than to be eaten by you."