Waltey

Prevod

A fox slipped into a flock of sheep that were suckling their young, picked up one of the lambs, and pretended to kiss it. When a dog asked her, “What are you doing?” she replied, “I’m nursing it and playing with it.” The dog said, “Well, unless you let that lamb go at once, I’ll show you how a dog plays.”

This fable suits an unscrupulous rogue who is a foolish thief.

Izvirnik

Ἀλώπηξ εἰς ἀγέλην προβάτων εἰσελθοῦσα θηλαζόντων, τῶν ἀρνίων ἓν ἀναλαβομένη προσεποιεῖτο καταφιλεῖν· ἐρωτηθεῖσα δὲ ὑπὸ κυνὸς ,,τί τοῦτο ποιεῖς;“ „τιθηνοῦμαι αὐτὸ, ἔφη, καὶ προσπαίζω.“ Καὶ ὁ κύων ἔφη· ,,καὶ νῦν, ἄν μὴ ἀφῇς τὸ ἀρνίον, τὰ κυνῶν σοι προσοίσιω.

Πρὸς ἄνδρα ῥᾳδιουργὸν καὶ μωροκλέπτην ὁ λόγος εὔκαιρος.

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