An Aesop Fable

The Dog and the Wolf

This old time tale was taken from the 1917 editon of New Barnes Readers Book Two
Illustrated by Mabel B. Hill
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One warm day a dog lay down under a tree in a field and was soon fast asleep.

In a little while a wolf came out of the woods and was about to eat him up.

"Cousin Wolf," cried the dog, "don't you see how thin I am? I am not fit for you to eat now. If you will only wait a few days you will find that I shall make you a better meal. My master is going to have a big dinner next week. Then there will be so much to eat that I shall grow fat.".

"Well, if that is the case," said the wolf, "I think I will wait a little while. You may go now and live until after the dinner."

In two weeks the wolf came back but the dog was not in the field. He was asleep on the housetop.

"Come down and let me see how fat you are," said the wolf.

The dog woke up, and said, "Cousin Wolf, if you ever find me asleep again in the field, you may eat me."

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