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A wolf saw a lamb drinking from a river and wanted to devour him on some plausible pretext. So he stood upstream and accused the lamb of muddying the water and preventing him from drinking. The lamb replied that he was drinking with only the tips of his lips, and that, in any case, since he stood downstream, he could not possibly disturb the water above him. Having failed with this accusation, the wolf said, “But last year you insulted my father.” When the lamb answered that he had not even been born then, the wolf said to him, “However many excuses you may find, I shall devour you all the same.” The fable shows that no just defense carries any weight with those bent on doing wrong.