The Wolf and the Lamb
The Wolf ...
and the Lamb ...
Aesop's ancient fables make amusing reading and at the same time they offer insights so relevant to present times. In this tale, there are people identifiable with wolfish conduct, the kind who will not listen to argument, plea or accept evidence.
A Wolf saw a Lamb drinking at a brook and set about finding some good reason for catching him. He went to a place a little higher up the stream, and called out:
"How dare you muddy the water that I am drinking!"
"How can I," said the Lamb humbly, "when I drink with the tips of my lips only? And besides, the water runs from you to me, not from me to you."
"Well, last night, while I was trying to sleep, you kept me wake forever with your bleating."
"But how could that be?" asked the Lamb. "I slept on the other side of the hill, inside my master's barn, with my nose nestled into my mother's side."
'Well, you called my father' names a year ago," growled the Wolf, finding another reason.
"I was not born a year ago," said the poor Lamb.
"You can make all the excuses you want," said the Wolf, "but I am hungry, and shall eat you just the same." And without further ado, he gobbled up the little Lamb.
As a tyrant, the Wolf needs no pretext for his tyranny.
posted by Victor Lai @ 11:37 AM
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