Aesop's Fables Edited by Charles Stikeney.

 
THE WOLF AND THE SHEPHERD
 
FOR a long time the Wolf had followed the
Sheep,  without  attempting  to  injure one of
them.
  The Shepherd  stood  on  his  guard  against
him for a while, and kept strict watch that he
did not come too near.  But as day after day
passed, and the Wolf showed no disposition
to injure any of the flock, he allowed him to
approach nearer, till at last he came among
the Sheep, and seemed to watch over them
like a dog.
  "He is really quite a help to me,"  said  the
Shepherd to himself; "and I have never seen
him make the slightest effort to seize a sheep
or a lamb."
  So, having occasion to go to town one day,
he left his flock in the care of the Wolf, whom
he regarded as a guardian over them.
  But no sooner was the man gone, than the
Wolf, seeing his opportunity, fell  upon the
Sheep, and destroyed the greater part of them.
  "I have been rightly served," said the Shep-
herd, on his return.   "Why did I not know
better than to trust my Sheep to their worst
enemy?"

Soon or late an evil nature will show itself.

 
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