The fable of wolf and sheep

The wolf came to the stream and saw the lamb drinking water. The wolf wanted to eat the lamb very much, so he deliberately found fault and said, "You polluted the water I drank! What are you worried about? " ?

The lamb was taken aback and said gently, "How could I get the water you drink dirty?" You stand upstream, and the water flows from you to me, not from me to you. "

The wolf said angrily, "even so, you are still a bad guy!" " I heard you spoke ill of me behind my back last year! The poor lamb cried, "Oh, dear Mr. Wolf, this is impossible. I was not born last year! " "

The wolf didn't want to argue any more. He bared his teeth, approached the lamb and shouted, "You little villain!" " Either you or your father speaks ill of me. It's all the same anyway. "He said, and rushed to the lamb.

Extended data

The background of this story was originally compiled by Aesop, a freed slave in ancient Greece.

However, the moral of the story depends on the background. This story is to express the arrogance of power and oppress the weak with animals. The story contains philosophy, exposes the ugly faces of rulers and dignitaries, and profoundly expresses the helplessness and powerlessness of ancient Greek slaves. This makes a deeper contrast between the vicious and ferocious appearance of the powerful.

Story origin

Aesop's Fables: Written by Aesop, a famous fable writer in ancient Greece in the 6th century BC. He, krylov, Fontaine and Lessing are also called the four fables in the world. He used to be a slave of the Yardmont family on Samos Island. He was resold many times, but he was finally free because of his profound knowledge and extraordinary intelligence. After being free, Aesop began to travel around the world and tell people his fables, which were deeply loved by the ancient Greek people.

By the end of the 5th century BC, the name Aesop had become a familiar name to the ancient Greeks, and all the ancient Greek fables belonged to him at that time. The common Aesop's Fables was compiled by later generations according to the fables collected by the Byzantine monk Planudus and the copied ancient Greek fables discovered one after another.

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