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Aesop's Fables: Townsend (1867)286. The Wolf and the Lion (Perry 347) A WOLF, having stolen a lamb from a fold, was carrying him off to his lair. A Lion met him in the path, and seizing the lamb, took it from him. Standing at a safe distance, the Wolf exclaimed, 'You have unrighteously taken that which was mine from me!' To which the Lion jeeringly replied, 'It was righteously yours, eh? The gift of a friend?'
George Fyler Townsend's translation of the fables, first published in 1867, is in the public domain and can be found at many websites, including Project Gutenberg. Illustrations come from: Aesop's Fables, by George Fyler Townsend, with illustrations by Harrison Weir, 1867, at Google Books. |
