AN ASS1 feeding in a meadow saw a Wolf approaching to seize him,

　　and immediately pretended to be lame2. The Wolf, coming up,

　　inquired the cause of his lameness3. The Ass replied that passing

　　through a hedge he had trod with his foot upon a sharp thorn. He

　　requested that the Wolf pull it out, lest when he ate him it

　　should injure his throat. The Wolf consented and lifted up the

　　foot, and was giving his whole mind to the discovery of the

　　thorn, when the Ass, with his heels, kicked his teeth into his

　　mouth and galloped4 away. The Wolf, being thus fearfully mauled,

　　said, "I am rightly served, for why did I attempt the art of

　　healing, when my father only taught me the trade of a butcher?'