[Illustration: THE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING.]
A Wolf, clothing himself in the skin of a Sheep, and getting in among
the flock, by this means took the opportunity to devour many of them. At
last the shepherd discovered him, and cunningly fastening a rope about
his neck, tied him up to a tree which stood hard by. Some other
shepherds happening to pass that way, and observing what he was about,
drew near, and expressed their amazement at it. 'What,' says one of
them, 'brother, do you make hanging of Sheep?'--'No,' replies the other;
'but I make hanging of a Wolf whenever I catch him, though in the habit
and garb of a Sheep.' Then he showed them their mistake, and they
applauded the justice of the execution.