Once, a ravenous wolf was in search of some prey. He came across a village and saw a flock of sheep grazing in a pasture. He decided to pounce on one of them. Suddenly, he saw a sheepskin on the ground. He thought, ‘I will wear this sheepskin and mix in with the flock. Then I can easily kill a sheep.’ So, the wolf quickly wore the sheepskin and merged in with the flock. Meanwhile, the shepherd came and drove the flock home. At home, he enclosed the flock in the pen. Just then, his wife came there and said, “Today I have nothing to cook for dinner. So, get one sheep for me. I will cook it.” The shepherd went into the pen and looked for a meaty sheep. Mistaking the disguised wolf for a sheep, he picked him. Frightened, the wolf somehow escaped and never came near the village again.
Moral: Wickedness leads to one’s own punishment.
The Hungry Wolf
