The Wolf and the Lamb大綱

wolf, meeting with a lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the lamb the wolfs right to eat him. he thus addressed him:"sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me." "indeed," bleated the lamb in a mournful tone of voice, "i was not then born." then said the wolf , "you feed in my pasture." "no, good sir," replied the lamb, "i have not yet tasted grass." again said the wolf, "you drink of my well." "no," exclaimed the lamb, "i never yet drank water, for as yet my mothers milk is both food and drink to me." upon which the wolf seized him and ate him up, saying, "well! i wont remain supperless, even though you refute every one of my imputations."

the tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.

一隻小羊在河邊喝水，狼見到後，便想找一個名正言順的藉口吃掉他。於是他跑到上游，惡狠狠地説小羊把河水攪渾濁了，使他喝不到清水。小羊回答説，他僅僅站在河邊喝水，並且又在下游，根本不可能把上游的水攪渾。狼見此計不成，又説道：“我父親去年被你罵過。”小羊説，那時他還沒有出生。狼對他説：“不管你怎樣辯解，反正我不會放過 你。”

這説明，對惡人做任何正當的辯解也是無效的。