The Fox and the Sick Lion

Aesop * Track #280 On Aesop’s Fables

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The Fox and the Sick Lion by Aesop

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In this story, the lion uses the good will (or his word) to trick the beasts to literally serve as walking food. The moral of the story as drawn by Phaedrus is “the dangers of others are generally of advantage to the wary.”[^]

The Fox and the Sick Lion Annotated

A lion, unable from old age and infirmities to provide himself with food by force, resolved to do so by artifice. He returned to his den, and lying down there, pretended to be sick, taking care that his sickness should be publicly known. The beasts expressed their sorrow, and came one by one to his den, where the Lion devoured them. After many of the beasts had thus disappeared, the Fox discovered the trick and presenting himself to the Lion, stood on the outside of the cave, at a respectful distance, and asked him how he was. "I am very middling," replied the Lion, "but why do you stand without? Pray enter within to talk with me." "No, thank you," said the Fox. "I notice that there are many prints of feet entering your cave, but I see no trace of any returning."

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