Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Wild Boar and the Fox

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3888379Æsop's Fables: A New Translation — The Wild Boar and the FoxVernon S. Vernon JonesAesop

THE WILD BOAR AND THE FOX

A WILD BOAR was engaged in whetting his tusks upon the trunk of a tree in the forest when a Fox came by and, seeing what he was at, said to him, “Why are you doing that, pray? The huntsmen are not out to-day, and there are no other dangers at hand that I can see.” “True, my friend,” replied the Boar, “but the instant my life is in danger I shall need to use my tusks. There’ll be no time to sharpen them then.”