‘Be quiet now,’ said an old Nurse to a child sitting on
her lap. ‘If you make that noise again I will throw you to
the Wolf.’
Now it chanced that a Wolf was passing close under
the window as this was said. So he crouched down by the
side of the house and waited. ‘I am in good luck to-day,’
thought he. ‘It is sure to cry soon, and a daintier morsel I
haven’t had for many a long day.’ So he waited, and he
waited, and he waited, till at last the child began to cry,
and the Wolf came forward before the window, and
looked up to the Nurse, wagging his tail. But all the Nurse
did was to shut down the window and call for help, and
the dogs of the house came rushing out. ‘Ah,’ said the
Wolf as he galloped away,
‘Enemies promises were made to be broken.’
Moral Lesson: ‘Enemies promises were made to be broken.’
―
Aesop
