A flock of Sheep was feeding in the meadow while the Dogs were asleep, and the Shepherd at a distance playing on his pipe beneath the shade of a spreading elm.  
A young, inexperienced Lamb, observing a half-starved Wolf peering through the pales of the fence, began to talk with him.
 
"Pray, what are you seeking for here?" said the Lamb.
 
"I am looking," replied the Wolf, "for some tender grass; for nothing, you know, is more pleasant than to feed in a fresh pasture, and to slake one's thirst at a crystal stream, both which I perceive you enjoy within these pa............