Three Hundred Æsop's Fables/The Wolf and the House-dog

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London: George Routledge and Sons, page 87


THE WOLF AND THE HOUSE-DOG.

A wolf, meeting with a big well-fed Mastiff having a wooden collar about his neck, inquired of him who it was that fed him so well, and yet compelled him to drag that heavy log about wherever he went. "The master," he replied. Then said the Wolf: "May no friend of mine ever be in such a plight; for the weight of this chain is enough to spoil the appetite."