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Fable · Story The Shepherd and the Dog Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) Ancient Greek fable tradition · Townsend translation Story
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A SHEPHERD penning his sheep in the fold for the night was about to shut up a wolf with them, when his Dog perceiving the wolf said, “Master, how can you expect the sheep to be safe if you admit a wolf into the fold?”
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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 165: The Shepherd and the Dog
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