Aesop's Fables, Part 121 summary
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In The Sheep, the Wolf, and the Stag, a Stag asks a Sheep for a wheat loan and offers the Wolf as his guarantee of repayment. The Sheep suspects a cheat and refuses, pointing to the Wolf’s habit of taking without paying and the Stag’s ability to outrun her.
What happens
- A Stag asks a Sheep to lend him a measure of wheat.
- He says his friend the Wolf guarantees repayment.
- The Sheep suspects that they mean to cheat her and declines.
- She explains that the Wolf takes without paying and that she cannot catch either animal to recover the debt.
- The closing moral says that two wrongs cannot produce a right.
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What to notice
The question explains why the guarantee does not reassure her. She sees no practical way to recover what she lends.
Quick check
Who does the Stag offer as a guarantee of repayment?
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