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Fable · Story The Shepherd and the Wolf Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) Ancient Greek fable tradition · Townsend translation Story
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A SHEPHERD once found the whelp of a Wolf and brought it up, and after a while taught it to steal lambs from the neighboring flocks. The Wolf, having shown himself an apt pupil, said to the Shepherd, “Since you have taught me to steal, you must keep a sharp lookout, or you will lose some of your own flock.”
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Author / source Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation)
Period Ancient Greek fable tradition · Townsend translation
Form Story
Languages English
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Three Hundred Aesop’s Fables · George Fyler Townsend translation · Fable 084: The Shepherd and the Wolf
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