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Aesop's Fables, translated by Laura Gibbs (2002)

372. THE HUNTER AND THE WOLF
Perry 404 (Syntipas 6)

A certain hunter saw a wolf attacking a flock and tearing to pieces as many of the sheep as he could. The hunter skilfully hunted down the wolf and set his dogs on him. Then he shouted at the wolf, 'O you terrible beast, where is that former strength of yours? You cannot even withstand the attack of these dogs!'
This fable shows that each man makes his reputation in the field which is his specialty.


Source: Aesop's Fables. A new translation by Laura Gibbs. Oxford University Press (World's Classics): Oxford, 2002.
NOTE: New cover, with new ISBN, published in 2008; contents of book unchanged.