Fable
The Wolf, The Kid, & The Goat
Mother Goat was going to market one morning to
get provisions for her household, which consisted of but one little Kid and
herself.
"Take
good care of the house, my son," she said to the Kid, as she carefully
latched the door. "Do not let anyone in, unless he gives you this
password: 'Down with the Wolf and all his race!'"
Strangely
enough, a Wolf was lurking near and heard what the Goat had said. So, as soon
as Mother Goat was out of sight, up he trotted to the door and knocked.
"Down
with the Wolf and all his race," said the Wolf softly.
It was the right password, but when the Kid peeped through a crack in the door and saw the shadowy figure outside, he did not feel at all easy.
"Show
me a white paw," he said, "or I won't let you in."
A
white paw, of course, is a feature few Wolves can show, and so Master Wolf had
to go away as hungry as he had come.
"You
can never be too sure," said the Kid, when he saw the Wolf making off to
the woods.
Moral
- Two sureties are better than one.
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