Just then, the fox came in and heard the wolf's last words. The lion roared at the sight of the fox, and the fox immediately asked him to explain a few words.
He said: among all the animals that greet the king, who is as loyal as me, running around for you, visiting famous doctors and looking for a wonderful prescription? The lion immediately ordered him to tell the prescription.
The fox said: skin the wolf alive and wrap it around him while it is hot. The wolf immediately turned into a corpse and lay there. The fox smiled proudly and said, you should not encourage your master to have evil thoughts, but should induce him to be kind.
Moral: People who often calculate others will often reap the consequences.
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The Story of the Lion, the Wolf and the Fox is selected from Aesop's Fables, which is said to be a collection of fables written by Aesop, an ancient Greek slave who was released in the 6th century BC. There are 357 stories about India, Arabia and Christianity.
Aesop's Fables embodies the truth that people don't notice in their daily life through short fables, which are charming, concise and approachable.
Not only has a large number of readers, but also has a great influence in the history of literature. Writers, poets, philosophers and ordinary people are all inspired and interested. Many stories can really be said to be household names, such as "The Race between the Tortoise and the Rabbit" and "The Wolf is Coming".
Aesop's fables are mostly animal stories, some of which, such as wolves and lambs, lions and wild donkeys, etc. Use fierce animals such as wolves and lions to compare powerful people in the world, expose their arrogance, cruelty and cruelty, and reflect the thoughts and feelings of civilians or slaves. Tortoise and rabbit, shepherd and wild goat, and so on. Summarize people's life experience and teach people the truth of being a man.
It has a great influence on the creation of European fables in later generations. It is not only a model of western fable literature, but also one of the most widely circulated classic works in the world.