The Wolf and the Lamb | A Tale of Tyranny

WOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved
not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to
justify to the Lamb the Wolf’s right to eat him. He thus
addressed him: “Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me.”
“Indeed,” bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice,
“I was not then born.”
Then said the Wolf, “You feed in my pasture.”
“No, good sir,” replied the Lamb, “I have not yet tasted
grass.”
Again said the Wolf, “You drink of my well.”
“No,” exclaimed the Lamb, “I never yet drank water, for
as yet my mother’s milk is both food and drink to me.”
Upon which the Wolf seized him and ate him up, saying,
“Well! I won’t remain supper-less, even though you refute.
every one of my imputations.