One day, however, Fox ran right into Lion. Terrified, she used her wiles to escape being eaten. "Dear Lion," she said, "I was hoping to find you! Donkey is very near here. Let me go, and I'll bring him to you."
"Donkey would make a fine meal! Lion agreed. "Bring him here!"
Fox then led poor unsuspecting Donkey straight into Lion's trap.
But before eating Donkey, Lion grabbed Fox and killed her. "I'll snack on Fox first," he said, "and eat Donkey at my leisure."
Treachery often brings its own punishment.
Inspired by: Mille Fabulae et Una, a collection of Latin fables that I've edited, free to read online. I am not translating the Latin here; instead, I am just telling a 100-word version of the fable.
Inspired by: Mille Fabulae et Una, a collection of Latin fables that I've edited, free to read online. I am not translating the Latin here; instead, I am just telling a 100-word version of the fable.
Notes: This is fable 32. Leo, Asinus, et Vulpes Perfida in the book, which is Perry 191, taken from Camerarius's Latin Aesop.
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