The Wolf and the Stork

Fable by Jean De La Fontaine Collection The FablesThemes Animals, Death, PoliticsPeriod 17th century

Wolves eat ravenously.
A Wolf, then, being at a feast,
Pressed himself, they say, so hard
That he thought he would lose his life:
A bone lodged deep in his throat.
By good fortune for this Wolf, who could not cry out,
A Stork happens to pass nearby.
He signals to her; she runs up.
The Operator is at once at work.
She pulled out the bone; then, for so fine a turn,
She asked for her pay.
“Your pay? says the Wolf:
You are laughing, my good gossip!
What? Is it not already much
To have drawn your neck from my throat?
Go on, you are an ingrate:
Never fall under my paw. “

Jean de La Fontaine

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