Aesop's Fables, Part 239 summary
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In The Ploughman and the Wolf, a hungry wolf chews a plow’s leather straps and becomes trapped in its harness while the plowman waters his oxen. When the plowman returns, he treats the wolf’s frightened pulling as an occasion to urge honest work instead of theft.
What happens
- The plowman unhitches his oxen and takes them to drink.
- A hungry wolf approaches the unattended plow and chews its leather straps.
- The wolf becomes tangled in the harness and struggles in fear to escape.
- The returning plowman sees him pulling and wishes he would replace stealing with honest work.
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What to notice
The plowman turns the wolf’s accidental pulling into a rebuke about theft and work. His comment supplies the fable’s closing contrast.
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How does the wolf become trapped?
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