Harvard Classics, Vol. 17, Part 1
1909-14
Fables
Ęsop, retold by Joseph Jacobs
These 82 of the most popular of allegories remain part of
everyday speech as well as providing eternal tales of caution veiled in the
actions of animals and other character types.
Ęsop. (Sixth century B.C.)
Fables.
The Harvard Classics. 1909-14.
The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
A WOLF found great difficulty in getting at the sheep
owing to the vigilance of the shepherd and his dogs. But one day it found the
skin of a sheep that had been flayed and thrown aside, so it put it on over its
own pelt and strolled down among the sheep. The Lamb that belonged to the
sheep, whose skin the Wolf was wearing, began to follow the Wolf in the Sheep's
clothing; so, leading the Lamb a little apart, he soon made a meal off her, and
for some time he succeeded in deceiving the sheep, and enjoying hearty meals.
"APPEARANCES ARE DECEPTIVE."
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