{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/aesop/aes091.htm","path":"cla/aesop/aes091.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/aesop/aes091.htm","text":"A WOLF, sorely wounded and bitten by dogs, lay sick and maimed in his lair. Being in want of food, he called to a Sheep who was passing, and asked him to fetch some water from a stream flowing close beside him. \"For,\" he said, \"if you will bring me drink, I will find means to provide myself with meat.\" \"Yes,\" said the Sheep, \"if I should bring you the draught, you would doubtless make me provide the meat also.\"\nHypocritical speeches are easily seen through.","title":"The Wolf and the Sheep","type":"page"}