The Foolish Wolf

Once upon a time, there was a foolish wolf. One day, he met a goat and said to her, "I'm going to eat you now."

"Well, if that’s my fate, I agree," said the goat. "But I’m very skinny and old. If you can wait a little, I’ll run home and send my daughter to you. Her meat is tender and young."

The wolf agreed, let the goat go, and lay down under a bush. The goat ran to the herd and told the shepherd about the wolf. The shepherd beat the wolf so badly with his stick that the wolf barely escaped with his life.

Another time, the wolf met a sheep.

"Sheep," he said, "I'm going to eat you now."

"Well," replied the sheep, "you can’t escape fate. But let me dance before I die."

The wolf agreed. The sheep began to dance around the wolf, making her circles bigger and bigger until she finally ran away. Once again, the wolf was left without a meal.

The wolf wandered further across the steppe and came upon a grazing horse. He approached and said, "Horse, I'm going to eat you now."

"Fine," said the horse, "but please start eating me from the tail. Let my head eat some more grass a little longer."

"Alright," agreed the wolf, approaching the tail. Then The horse kicked him with her hind hooves, and that was the end of the foolish wolf.