The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

Summary

The narrative tells the story of a clever but deceitful Wolf who dresses in sheep's clothing to blend in with a flock and access food more easily. His disguise is so successful that he is mistaken for a sheep by the shepherd and locked safely within the sheepfold. However, when the shepherd comes to the fold at night to fetch a sheep for the next day's meals, he mistakenly grabs the Wolf, believing it to be a sheep, and kills him. The story illustrates themes of deception, trust, and the potential consequences of deceitful actions, offering a moral lesson about the dangers and pitfalls of pretending to be something one is not.

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Once upon a time a Wolf resolved to disguise his appearance in order to secure food more easily. Encased in the skin of a sheep, he pastured with the flock deceiving the shepherd by his costume. In the evening he was shut up by the shepherd in the fold; the gate was closed, and the entrance made thoroughly secure. But the shepherd, returning to the fold during the night to obtain meat for the next day, mistakenly caught up the Wolf instead of a sheep, and killed him instantly.