The Lamb and the Wolf

by Aesop

It would be better for me to be sacrificed in the Temple than to be eaten by you.

A WOLF pursued a Lamb, which fled for refuge to a certain temple. The Wolf called out to him and said: The Priest will slay you in sacrifice, if he should catch you; on which the Lamb replied: It would be better for me to be sacrificed in the Temple than to be eaten by you.

Moral:
It is safer to be among friends than enemies.

Source:

Aesop's Fables
Copyright 1881
Translator: unknown
WM. L. Allison, New York
Illustrator: Harrison Weir, John Tenniel, Ernest Griset, et.al.
 

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