TheWolf,theLamb

The Wolf and the Lamb Once upon a time a Wolf was lapping at a spring on a

hillside，

when，

looking

up，

what should he see but a Lamb just beginning to drink a little lower down.

‘Honey，There’s

my

supper，’

thought

he，

‘if

only I can find some excuse to seize

it.’

Then he called out to the

Lamb，

‘How

dare you muddle the water from which I am

drinking？’‘Nay，

master，

nay，’

said

Lambikin；

‘Darling，if

the water be muddy up

there，

I can't be the cause of

it，

for it runs down from you to

me.’‘Well，

then，’

said the

Wolf，

‘why

did you call me bad names this time last

year？’‘That

cannot

be，’

said the

Lamb；

‘I

am only six months

old.’‘I

don’t

care，’

snarled the

Wolf；

‘if

it was not you it was your

father；’

and with that he rushed upon the poor little Lamb and .WARRA .ate her all up. But before she died she gasped out

.’Any

excuse will serve a

tyrant.’

狼看见一只小羊在河里喝水，他想用了什么巧妙的口实把

他吃了。因此他站在上游，责备小羊，说把和河水弄浑了，不让他喝水。

小羊回答说，他是紧靠在河边喝着，而且站在下游，也不能把上面的水弄浑了。

狼得不到这个口实，便又说道，“但是你去年骂过我的父亲哩。”小羊说，

那时他还没有生呢。狼对他说道，“即使你辩解得很好，反正我不能放过你。”

这故事说明，对于那些预定要做不公正的事情的人，正当的辩解也无效力。