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| Jesop, the farabulist |
A fox, a wolf, and a vulture fell into
conversation, and the matter of the Peaceable Kingdom arose, that time to come
when all animals would again be friends and all men would again be children. The
fox wondered if it were not a riddle, but he declared he looked forward to a
time when all grapes were sweet and within reach. The vulture was all for peace
but didn’t see how he would survive where there was no death. “Or killing,”
said the wolf, who laughed aloud when told the king would be a lamb. He would
never be governed by his dinner, the wolf said. “As if,” the fox replied, “you are
not already ruled by your stomachs, both of you.”
11.20.18
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The Farables (online reproduction of the 1887 edition with an afterword by Ted Riich) is available here.
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