Aesop | Greece
The Mother and The Wolf
A hungry Wolf falls for a mother's threat to give her crying baby to the wolves, only to be left disappointed and hungry.
Once upon a time, a big, hungry Wolf was walking through a thick forest. Suddenly, he heard a voice. It was a mother trying to calm her crying baby.
"If you don't stop crying, I'll give you to the wolves!" she said. The Wolf's ears perked up, and his stomach growled at the thought of a good meal.
Excited and hungry, the Wolf decided to wait for his promised feast. Night came, and the forest became quiet, but the meal never arrived. As the stars shone above, the Wolf sat alone, his stomach rumbling in disappointment.
The mother had only said those words to quiet her baby, not to give the child away. From that night on, the Wolf learned not to believe everything he heard in the dark forest. Instead of a feast, he was left with nothing but an empty stomach.
