Aesop's Fables, Part 212 summary
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In The Shepherd and the Wolf, a shepherd raises a wolf cub with his dogs, but the grown wolf secretly shares stolen sheep with other wolves and steals sheep himself. When the shepherd catches him stealing, he hangs him, and the closing moral presents the wolf’s conduct as an expression of inborn nature.
What happens
- A shepherd finds a wandering wolf cub and raises him alongside his dogs.
- The grown wolf joins the dogs whenever they chase a wolf that steals a sheep.
- When the dogs abandon a chase, the raised wolf continues alone and shares the stolen sheep with the thief.
- During gaps between other wolves’ thefts, he steals a sheep himself and shares it with the dogs.
- The shepherd becomes suspicious, catches the wolf stealing, and hangs him from a tree.
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What to notice
The moral states that inborn traits reveal themselves through behavior. It frames the wolf’s thefts despite his upbringing among dogs.
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What does the raised wolf do when the dogs abandon a chase?
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