The Wolf and the Lamb

A wolf one day was drinking at a stream when he spied a lamb who was also refreshing herself farther down. The wolf made up his mind to eat the lamb, but he thought that he would find some excuse before doing so. He ran up to the lamb, and said, “How dare you muddy the water that I am drinking!” The lamb replied, “I do not see how that can be, since the water of the stream is running from you to me, and not from me to you.”

The wolf then said, “Last year you called me many nasty names.” “But that cannot be,” replied the lamb, “for I was not born last year.” “Then if it was not you, it was your father. It is no use making excuses,” cried the wolf. With that he sprang upon the helpless lamb and devoured her.