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The Wolf and the Lamb
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by Aesop
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WOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to
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lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the
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Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He thus addressed him:
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"Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me." "Indeed," bleated
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the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, "I was not then born." Then
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said the Wolf, "You feed in my pasture." "No, good sir," replied
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the Lamb, "I have not yet tasted grass." Again said the Wolf,
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"You drink of my well." "No," exclaimed the Lamb, "I never yet
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drank water, for as yet my mother's milk is both food and drink
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to me." Upon which the Wolf seized him and ate him up, saying,
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"Well! I won't remain supperless, even though you refute every
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one of my imputations."
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The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.
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And, with an updated twist:
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THE OLD LADY AND THE CRYPT or BLOOD
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by someone who read Aesop
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GANGMEMBER, meeting an Old Lady astray from the crowd, resolved not
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to waste the old bitch, but wanted to listen to pleas of mercy and
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desperation from the Old Lady of Gangmember's right to prey on her.
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He vexed the old broad, "You get your money and food stamps from the
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government. I get none!" "PLEASE," bleated the Old Lady, "I was born a
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long time ago and made no rules." The Gangmember retorted, "Old and
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time for you to die." "BUT," exclaimed the Old Lady, "If you take my
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life, I can no longer be robbed once a month." The Gangmember threatened,
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"You don't have the right to be on my turf." Old Lady pleaded, "I got
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lost on the subway and didn't mean to be here. Why, I could even be
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your Mother!" Upon which the Gangmember shot her and robbed her of all
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she had, saying, "Old Lady you ain't shit to me! even if you were my
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mother. I need the green."
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The gangmember has needs too, ya know, even if, needlessly meaningless.
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