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Aesop's Fables: Townsend (1867)296. The Lamb and the Wolf (Perry 261) A WOLF pursued a Lamb, which fled for refuge to a certain Temple. The Wolf called out to him and said, 'The Priest will slay you in sacrifice, if he should catch you.' On which the Lamb replied, 'It would be better for me to be sacrificed in the Temple than to be eaten by you.'
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. |
