A lean,
hungry wolf was prowling about in search of supper, when he met a big well-fed
mastiff. “How do you manage to look so sleek, when I, who work ten times as
hard, am half-starved?” inquired the wolf.
“Oh,” said
the dog, “I watch the house at night and sleep all day.”
“Just the
thing for me,” said the wolf, “but first tell me, what is that mark round your
neck.”
“That's only
made by my collar,” answered the dog. “I am chained up all day. They say I may
bite, but that is all nonsense.”
“Good-bye,”
said the wolf, turning back. “Chained up, indeed! No, thank you.”
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