The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

Summary


"The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" tells of a hungry wolf who discovers a discarded sheepskin and uses it to slip undetected into a flock. Disguised among the sheep, he lures a young lamb to its death with chilling ease. But when the shepherd decides he wants mutton broth that same evening, the wolf's clever disguise becomes his undoing — proving that deception, however cunning, carries its own fatal risk.

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A certain Wolf could not get enough to eat because of the watchfulness of the Shepherds. But one night he found a sheep skin that had been cast aside and forgotten. The next day, dressed in the skin, the Wolf strolled into the pasture with the Sheep. Soon a little Lamb was following him about and was quickly led away to slaughter.

A wolf disguised in a sheepskin leads a small lamb across a pasture, in The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing by Aesop.

That evening the Wolf entered the fold with the flock. But it happened that the Shepherd took a fancy for mutton broth that very evening, and, picking up a knife, went to the fold. There the first he laid hands on and killed was the Wolf.


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Aesop was an ancient Greek storyteller, traditionally dated to around 620–564 BCE, credited with hundreds of short moral fables featuring animals as characters. "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" is one of his most enduring tales, lending its title to a phrase still used in everyday language today.