The Wolf and the Horse
By Aesop
A WOLF coming out of a field of oats met a Horse, and thus addressed him: I would advise you to go into that field. It is full of capital oats, which I have left untouched for you, as you are a friend the very sound of whose teeth it will be a pleasure to me to hear.
The Horse replied: If oats had been the food for wolves, you would never have indulged your ears at the cost of your belly.
Moral:
Men of evil reputation, when they perform a good deed, fail to get credit for it.
Source Book
Aesop's Fables
by Aesop
Translated by unknown
Illustrated by: Harrison Weir, John Tenniel, Ernest Griset, et.al.
Copyright 1881
Published by WM. L. Allison, New York
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