The wolf and the lamb

The right of the stronger... is always better:

We will prove it right now.

A lamb was quenching its thirst

In the current of a pure flow.

A wolf looking for adventure, and whom hunger has

Attracted to these parts, suddenly appears on an empty stomach.

"Who is so hardy as to muddy my waters?"

Says this animal full of rage.

You will be punished for your temerity.

"Sire," the lamb responds, "May Your Majesty

not get angry:

But may he instead consider

That I am quenching my thirst

in the current,

More than twenty paces below him;

And that, therefore,

in no way can I muddy his drink."

"You are muddying it!" that cruel beast continued;

"And I know that you spoke ill of me last year."

"How could I have done so if I wasn't born yet?"

Continued the lamb; I am still nursing."

"If it wasn't you, then it was your brother."

"I haven't any brother." -- "Then it's one of yours;

For you hardly spare me,

You, your shepherds, and your dogs.

Others have been telling me that I must avenge myself."

Up there, in the heart of the forest

The wolf drags him off and then eats him,

With no other form of process.