*The Wolf and the Lamb * Once upon a time a Wolf was *lapping* at a spring on a hillside, when, looking up, what should he see but a Lamb just beginning to drink a little lower down.
"There's my supper," thought he, "if only I can find some excuse to seize it." Then he called out to the Lamb, "How dare you *muddle* the water from which I am drinking?" "Nay, master, nay," said the Lamb; "if the water be muddy up there, I cannot be the cause of it, for it runs down from you to me." "Well, then," said the Wolf, "why did you call me bad names this time last year?" "That cannot be," said the Lamb; "I am only six months old." "I don't care," snarled the Wolf; "if it was not you it was your father;" and with that he rushed upon the poor little Lamb and WARRA WARRA WARRA WARRA WARRA..., ate her all up. But before she died she gasped out : "Any excuse will serve a *tyrant*." - *Aesop* ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° Word Meanings : ¤ lap (verb) : (of an animal) to drink a liquid by taking it in small amounts into the mouth with a lot of short quick movements of the tongue. ¤ muddle (verb) : to make muddy or turbid, as water. ¤ tyrant (noun) : a ruler who has unlimited power over other people, and uses it unfairly and cruelly. * * * * * * * * * ELC --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "English Learner's Cafe" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/english_learners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
