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

373. THE FOX, THE LAMB AND THE DOG
Perry 41 (Chambry 36)

A fox entered a flock of sheep, seized one of the suckling lambs and pretended to kiss it. A dog asked the fox what she was doing. 'I'm hugging and playing with the lamb,' said the fox. The dog replied, 'Well, you better let go of that lamb, or I'll play the dogs' game with you!'
This fable is suitable for an unscrupulous and foolish man who wants to be a thief.


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.