The Clever Lamb

The Clever Lamb

One Day a lamb was grazing with a flock of sheep. At the edge of the field, the lamb found some sweet grass. Farther and farther she went, away from the flock of sheep.

She was enjoying herself so much eating sweet grass and she did not notice a wolf coming nearer to her. However, when the wold pounced on her, she was quick to start saying to the wolf that, “Please, please don’t eat me yet. My stomach is full of grass. If you wait a while, I will taste much better and that will be good for you.”

The wolf thought that it is a good idea, so he sat down and waited. After a while, the lamb said, “If you allow me to dance, the grass in my stomach will be digested faster.” Again the wolf agreed to what the lamb said.

While the lamb was dancing, she got a new idea. She said to the wolf that, “Please take the bell from around my neck. If you ring it as hard as you can, I will be able to dance faster.”

The wolf took the bell from the neck of the lamb and rang it as hard as he could. The shepherd heard the bell ringing and rapidly sent his dogs to find the missing lamb. The barking dogs terrified the wolf away and saved the lamb’s life.

Moral: - The gentle and weak can also be cleverer than fierce and strong.