Fable #77

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A Fox that had been caught in a trap, succeeded at last, after much painful tugging, in getting away. As she walked along, her pretty head was busy with plans for the days to come. So one evening when the flock started home from the pasture and his mother called, the Kid paid no heed and kept right on nibbling the tender grass. Put your mouths close to my ears while you tell me the facts. Very smart, aren't you? Angry at the cheat, they flew at him, plucking away the borrowed feathers and also some of his own. And without more words the Wolf seized the poor Lamb and carried her off to the forest.

The trickster is easily tricked.