Aes

opwa
soneofthegreatGr
eekwri
te
rs.Heisbe
s tknownfo
rhisfa
bles
,s t
ori
est
hatha
veamoral
.They
t
eac
huss
omet
hingabouthowweshoul
dl i
veourl
ives.Aes
opwrotet
housandsoft
heses
tor
ies
.He
rearea
f
ew.

TheWol
finShe
ep'
sCl
othi
ng

Onc euponat i
me,aWol fdeci
dedtodi s
guiset hewa yhel ooked.Hethoughtitwouldhelphim getfood
mor eeasi
ly.Heputont heski
nofas heep,t henhewe ntoutwi t
hthef l
ockintothepastur
e.Eve nthe
shepher
dwa sf
ool
e dbyhiscle
ve rc
ostume .Int heevening,theshepher
dputhi minwi t
ht here
s tofthe
sheep.Hec l
ose
dthegateandma desureitwa ssecurebeforehewe ntt
obe d.I
nt hemiddl
eofthenight,he
cameba cktothef
oldtogetsomeme a
tfort hene xtday.Inst
eadofas hee
p,though,hegrabbedt
heWol f
,
kil
linghi
mi nst
ant
ly.

Thos
ewhol
ookt
oha
rmot
her
swi
llbeha
rme
dthe
mse
lve
s.

TheBa
tandt
heWe
ase
l

ABa tfel
lont hegrounda ndwa scaughtbyaWe ase
l.ItbeggedtheWe as
e ltospareit
slif
e,buttheWe asel
r
e f
used.I
ttoldtheBa tthatbi r
ds,byna t
ure,we r
eitsenemy.Th eBa tas
sur edhimt hati
twa snotabi r
d,it
wasamous e.TheWe as
e lthoughtamome nt,t
hens e
titfre
e .Awhilelat
er,theBa tfel
lagai
nt otheground,
anditwasc a
ughtbya nothe rWe as
e l
.Itbeggedthi
sWe as
elnottoeathim,e it
her.TheWe asel
,though,said
i
tdidnotlikemi ceatallandwoul deatit.TheBa ttol
dtheWe aseltha
titwa snotamous e,butaba t
.The
seco
ndWe aselhadnogooda nswer,sohel e
titgo.

TheBa
tkne
witi
sal
wayswi
set
otur
nev
ent
stoyoura
dva
nta
ge.

TheLi
ona
ndt
heMous
e

As l
eepingLionwa swoke nupbyaMous er unni
ngove rhi
sf ace
.Hegotupa ngril
ya ndc a
ughtthescare
d
li
tt
leMo use.Hewa sabouttokilltheMo use,butitsai
dinit
ss queakyli
tt
levoice,"Ifyouwoul donlyspar
e
myl i
fe,Iwouldbes uretorepayyourk indness.
"TheLi onlaugheda ts
uchnons ense,buthelethimgo .A
shor
ttimel a
ter
,though,theLionwa scaughtbys omehunters.Theyboundhimbyr ope st
otheground.The
Mous erecogni
zedhisr oar
,andher us
hedove randgna wedt heropewithhisteeth,sett
ingtheLionfree.
TheMo usesai
d" Youl augheda ttheideaofmye ve
rbe i
nga bletohelpyou.Now youknow t hatitis
possi
bleforevenas mallli
tt
leMous etohelpagr eatbi
gLion."