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The Kid Goat and The Wolf

(Aesop’s Fables)

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　When playing on the roof, a kid goat saw a wolf passing by under the roof.

　The kid goat started to make fun of the wolf

　by every possible nasty word he could ever think of.

　The wolf kept a straight face, and said to the kid goat,

”Oh, poor little kid goat!

　What's making fun of me is not you, a kid goat, but the place you're playing at.”



　This story tell us that

　even the weak, when they are in a safe place or think they will be alright after all,

　might courageously oppose the strong every once in a while.

　On the other hand, the wise and strong would dismiss such cowards.

The end

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